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brepppyesterday at 4:31 PM1 replyview on HN

I am talking about the Norwegian government post-1945 which included people who participated in a genocide of the actual real kind.

I am also talking about the responsibility of such a nation whose entire state apparatus is successor to that government

That's why I think the Norwegians should look at their recent history to understand the difference between genocide and war, and invest their partially stolen money accordingly


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umanwizardyesterday at 4:38 PM

I partially agree with you: European countries other than Germany bear some responsibility for the Holocaust, to an extent greater than what many modern Europeans are willing to admit.

I don't know about Norway specifically, but certainly it's silly when some modern French people claim "well actually, Vichy was an illegal regime, so this wasn't our ancestors' fault at all".

However, whether Norway (as a state) bears responsibility for the Holocaust is a totally separate question from whether Israel's treatment of Palestinians is justifiable, and what the present-day government of Norway should do about it.

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