lmao what was up with that
Its to ignore the fact that Europe and the USA created the conditions for him to rise. It’s also to sow distrust in populist speakers that have charisma.
Westerners like to act as if powerful politicians just fall out of the sky a few minutes before they run for office- like how Biden’s history of funding credit card companies is just totally forgotten even though he’s responsible for how America’s economy currently works. It’s like we live in an eternal Now, no past and no future.
As best I understand it, “Hitler brainwashed those good ol’ German boys” was explicitly pushed by the US government during the war.
The Japanese never got that curtsey though…