• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    At the Nuremberg trails at the end of WWII, this was the argument that many Nazi sympathizers and enablers made to remove their responsibilities from the events that happened.

    Officers argued that they weren’t responsible because they ordered people to do things and they did them … they were not responsible because the people below them had the opportunity to refuse orders.

    Lower level people argued that they were ordered to do things and they couldn’t refuse … they were not responsible because the people above them threatened them.

    “Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented”

    • Elie Wiesel