Nuremberg only happened because Germany was utterly defeated and occupied by foreign powers. I’m not optimistic America will have a reckoning like that.
A bit of a heads-up: do not watch this video if you want to retain any hint of a fantasy that such a reckoning even did happen in the first place. Do watch if you want a fantastically well written essay about one of the most mythologized and relevant events in history.
Willful disregard for human life is the legal term I believe.
Don’t forget utter incompetence.
Incompetence isn’t a crime outside of specific licensed and regulated roles. Willful disregard for human life is a crime
They are incompetent, but their violence, abuse and murder are deliberate.
That undersells it so much that it’s beneath mention.
I’m sure it’ll be thrown around a bit during Nuremberg 2
Nuremberg only happened because Germany was utterly defeated and occupied by foreign powers. I’m not optimistic America will have a reckoning like that.
Here is my favorite video essay of 2025: Fantasies of Nuremberg.
A bit of a heads-up: do not watch this video if you want to retain any hint of a fantasy that such a reckoning even did happen in the first place. Do watch if you want a fantastically well written essay about one of the most mythologized and relevant events in history.
Oh I’m well aware of how weak denazification was. I’m saying I doubt the US will even get that much.
But it really needs one.
That’s likely to happen. A lot of innocent people will die first, but that’s basically inevitable.