I replied to someone saying that the USSR defeated the Nazis saying that it was a group effort. Got into an argument and called a Nazi repeatedly because "I was mad that the USSR defeated the Nazis and hated them for it" which is ridiculous. This isn't the first time that's happened on Lemmy. What's up with that?
Honestly torture is something I'm opposed to on principle
This isn't really torture though, (and yeah, it is fictional). Saying "you're going to be executed for your crimes once you stop playing" isn't really torture so much as it is letting them decide when they want to face their punishment. This hypothetical individual could've just refused to play and been shot immediately. Which is probably why this propaganda was made in the first place, since it's supposed to show soviet cruelty and bloodthirstyness since they were horrible and bad for executing Nazis. But if you don't begin from the mindset of "executing the most evil people to have ever lived is actually a bad thing." then the whole anecdote is hilarious.