• jack [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    I think many of these people absolutely do feel a great deal of guilt; that does nothing to absolve them of their crimes, but it would be more unusual for none of them to feel sickened and repulsed by their own actions than not.

    • ashinadash [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      Gas chambers were created because nazis on the eastern front were having mental health and ptsd issues after executing thousands by gunshot.