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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would call WWII a moral war, at least for the allies. WWI was just imperialist bullshit plus an arms race. WWII was a very different beast.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    It may be because we can look at it from a modern perspective, but yeah, I would gladly sign up to kill some nazis. At the time, many, many Americans were actually sympathetic to the nazi party. Pearl Harbor is what galvanized us against the Axis.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    We did not enter either way for moral reasons. There's also no moral war but that's another issue entirely given wars throughout history tend to be for land or resources with the occasional excuse otherwise.

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