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laughing_manyesterday at 9:31 AM1 replyview on HN

It's literally the same argument that every king, dictator, or president used to justify invasions in Europe (and presumably most of the world) since the end of feudalism. Even the Austrian moustache man justified his invasion of Russia based on myths of Aryan people having held that land in the distant past.


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thaumasiotesyesterday at 10:09 AM

> Even the Austrian moustache man justified his invasion of Russia based on myths of Aryan people having held that land in the distant past.

Interestingly enough, there's a recent theory putting the location of the proto-Germanic speakers in Finland.

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