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[–] zigmus64@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"Yeah. Sure. 'Operation Paperclip' worked out Fantastic for America and Americans. We are paying for that naïveté to this very day," the user wrote.

Umm… what?

Ignoring the fact that most if not all of them were full-blown card carrying Nazis, those guys kept the US steadily ahead of the Soviet Union during the Cold War and they got us to the Moon.

What the actual fuck could this guy be talking about?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 2 months ago

They don't have any actual thoughts, just predispositions that get watered by their media to grow into weeds of incomprehensible hate.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After the war ended, we were snatching up kraut scientists like hot cakes. You don’t believe me? Walk into NASA sometime and yell “Heil Hitler”, WOOP, they all jump straight up!

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Still? Most likely those guys are long dead.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a reference to Archer. Which was referencing operation paperclip.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn it, I had something for this!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well he might be worried about Nazis in America, but uh that Venn diagram has very little overlap.