The right wing to left wing ratio on this site seems to be pretty skewed and it'd be nice if it wasnt

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[–]roguecanine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I watched it and all I saw was him admitting that he accompanied his Nazi fake adopted father on his Jewish property take away missions. He was 14. In the video he said that he didn't feel guilty because it wasn't his fault and the property would have been taken away regardless whether he'd be there or not. It's not like he's wrong for thinking that way? You could say he should have tried to play a hero, to save all those other Jews, but most people were not heroes back then and were just trying to survive themselves. The smiling was creepy, I agree, but whatever the reason for the smile, he wasn't the one who killed people back then and he was a kid trying to survive, not a collaborator (at least such is my impression from that video).

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If it were Donald Trump recalling his youthful Nazi collaboration, would you be making similar excuses for him? How about George W. Bush?

George Soros is a merchant of human misery. He caused a financial crisis and hurt millions of people, just so he could become richer than he already was.

[–]roguecanine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If Donald Trump were a 14 year old child who merely witnessed the atrocities, of course. In my mind collaborators are people who actively help, not the victims who were forced to observe. Inaction is not a crime in a situation when you would get killed for trying to help. You could say that maybe he enjoyed the misery of other Jews or something like that, but those would be speculations, not facts. For all I know he was forced to claim false identity and did what he could to avoid being discovered.

I wouldn't debate the actions of adult / financier Soros, perhaps you are right in that regard.

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He didn't witness, he participated. He called it the best time of his life. That's the thing with sociopaths, they don't realize when they're horrifying other people.