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[–] stifle867@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the point they were trying to make is that this solution is great in theory, but due to the reasons you have pointed out does not actually work in practice. What happens in practice is everything that has led us to this point. They were not intentionally calling for genocide IMO, but misguidedly floating the idea of a less protracted end to the conflict.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think there was a failure to demonstrate that lack of protraction and I think glossing over the allies dropping two atomic bombs on Japan and killing half a million people speaks to the weakness in justifying it with that comparison.

That's not to say there's no substance to it at all, but this isn't the right case for it.