• Molvorin@feddit.dk
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    20 hours ago

    Yeah. That was the intended reference but didn’t think it needed further explanation

    But basically the joined result of the trials was that orders can’t justify crime but in some cases make the punishment milder

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      I think most people know “just following orders” refers to Nazis. It’s a meme in the oldest sense: a shared cultural memory. It’s literally referred to as “the Nuremberg defense”.