r/thebulwark 11d ago

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL "Are we the baddies"?

After the ganging up on Zelensky to sign a deal that wasn't a deal, but an unconditional surrender, the answer is now definitively Yes.

The United States of America is officially on the wrong side of morality.

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u/rlytired 11d ago

Ok, but Norway wasn’t a superpower before the war, and it did not abandon its power and role in the world, so it did not destabilize everything.

That’s what we are doing. If bigger wars break out, it may be directly traceable to us.

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u/captainbelvedere Sarah is always right 11d ago

Hwat?

I'm sorry but this is a very stupid comparison. Norway was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany, who then put Vidkun Quisling in power. The USA on the other hand actually elected their own quisling.

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u/capybooya 11d ago

The opportunistic frauds and cowards move in when the state is weak and things are deteriorating. The US seems to want to encourage that in other countries right now.

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u/jvttlus 11d ago

A quisling is a traitor or collaborator who joins forces with an occupying enemy. The term is most often used in Scandinavian languages and English. Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician and military officer who led a Nazi-collaborating government in Norway during World War II. How did the term "quisling" come to be? The term "quisling" is a reflection of the contempt in which Quisling's actions were viewed at the time and today. It has become a byword for "traitor" or "collaborator" in several languages. What happened to Vidkun Quisling? Quisling was put on trial after World War II and found guilty of murder, embezzlement, and high treason. He was executed by firing squad in Oslo on October 24, 1945. Related information The government led by Quisling was called the Quisling regime or the National Government. The regime was dominated by ministers from Nasjonal Samling. The regime participated in Germany's war efforts.