The fallout from Trump's war on Harvard will outlast his term
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The US president's ramped-up threats are seen by many as an attempt to reshape a stronghold of the left. Could he succeed?
  • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
    422·
    5 days ago

    A German speaking person criticizing US actions during WW2 is absurd. Remind me, what contributions Germany had in that war? America sacrificed tremendously to right the wrongs of Europe in WW2. My grandfather was surrounded in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, survived and went on to liberate several German concentration camps where Jews were being slaughtered and has photos of the piles of dead emaciated bodies to show of it. The allies, yes including your Canada and the US ultimately supported free Germany until the Berlin wall fell and helped make it the powerhouse it is today. I do not defend current US policy, but to say the US has never deserved respect is fucking bizarre and totally off base.

    • EisFrei@lemmy.world
      24·
      5 days ago

      My grandfather came from Poland and was a pow in Germany.

      I hope Winston Churchill is English enough to quote.

      Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 days ago

        I thought if this quote so many times with the long battle for the environment. Finally it seemed with Biden, we were there. We tried so many things with ignoring the problems we were creating, buying our way out of them, hiding them, pretending they weren’t real, sending our lead in renewable to China, we exhausted all the possibilities. Finally people realized they can’t hide da in the sand, finally we even got manufacturers to face the truth, finally we were focussed on building industries and supply chains, good jobs for the economy of the future while making the world a better place.

        Then we tear it all down over what seems like personal spite. People really think the industries of the 1950s will save them and decided to throw away the industries of the 2020-2040s. Resource extraction and exploitation will save us over high value manufacturing

      • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
        513·
        5 days ago

        Look, take Ukraine and imagine had Biden not published intel that Russia was about to invade. The rest of Europe was busy buying too much oil from Putin to care. We then have contributed many Billions in support to keep democracy alive in that country, a neighbor of Poland. Sure, shit all over Trump for unwinding our efforts there, but don’t ignore how much we helped defend Eastern Europe.

        Do you honestly think Germany would have been better off without US’s contribution to WW2?

        Everyone in here is downvoting me because they have such a short memory and hate Trump, but again, saying the US has never helped the international community is simply way the fuck wrong.