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submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by Zodiark@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

I read the book as a teenager but seeing it in live-action was brutal. You forget that soldiers used gas and fucking flamethrowers on people, and they did it so their ruling class can get even wealthier.

Remembering that the causes of that war were about European empires trying to carve up Germany because capital had reached its zenith under the pre-war status quo unless it acquired new markets and territories to expand into was just eye-opening.

:eu-cool: :germany-cool: :france-cool:

:ukkk:

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[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

yeah but part of his contribution to the war effort was the invention of chemical warfare so he's still a controversial figure

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

fun fact: so disillusioned with her husband's zeal for using science to contribute to the war effort, his wife killed herself with his service weapon.

[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 2 points 3 years ago

that fact wasn't fun at all

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