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this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
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Like many of his contemporaries, he was an American who had/has modern day grandchildren, and probably did more to fight fascism than many Lemmy leftists.
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Pointing to individual soldiers as opposed to looking at broader movements and forces at play just obfuscates the concrete reality that the US Empire was very happy to sit out, loaning the allies weaponry, and profiting off the war. It wasn't until Pearl Harbor that they really got involved, and the US Empire did so with the aim of establishing itself as a new imperial hegemon, a status it has today but is quickly losing.
Without contesting your reply, I think the reference was about the individuals soldiers and those other Americans who fought the fascists, including Nazis.
No, when referring to a generation as having saved the next generations from fascism, the credit is being assigned to that generation, not individuals. It isn't about individual anti-fascists.
The word was "grandparents".
The generation wasn't specified.
I suppose such grandparents might have been/be members of the "Greatest Generation", such as Hayden; or "Silent Generation" (which included/includes Chomsky, MLK, Gloria Steinem, Lee Harvey Oswald, Frank Zappa, Larry Ellison, Ted Kaczynski, or Biden); Baby Boomers; or possibly even Gen-Xers (a few might have grandchildren who post on Lemmy).
Though to be fair, the reference to WWII might whittle it down to the first 2, and maybe add the wp:Lost Generation (1833 to 1900).
I'm pointing out that the reference to a generation is to point out the US's role, not any individuals alone.
agreed.