Reply #18: LOL, way to miss my point entirely. [View All]

[K-W]

The question was about how we would be seen. And yes, killing 6 million jews does have an effect on your PR.

I have no problem and would be happy to compare nazism and the facist takeover of Germany and how it compares to modern conservatism and thier takeover of the government.

But on the issue of how we will be seen, the specifics of what we have actually done and what the Nazi's actually did are extremely saliant. The fact of the matter is we have not done what Germany did, we still might, but until we do comparing us to them IN THIS ASPECT ONLY is pointless. Our transgressions are on line with a long history of imperial transgressions by western nations, none of which gained a reputation comperable to Nazi Germany.

Not to mention that unlike then, the world is MUCH more connected today. People are much more likely today to see the seperation between the people and the governement. And because of the empires that came before us people are much more concious of how the people are ignorant of what their government is doing.

We are not yet to the point where this is an apt comparison on the topic of the American image.