Meaning of Swastika Symbol In Japan vs. The West

Have you ever been to Japan and seen the swastika symbol in many public places? It's actually called ""manji"" in Japanese and has been an important symbol in Japanese Buddhism for centuries. But did you know that the Nazi regime flipped the symbol and it became associated with hate and racism? This has caused confusion for many Western people who see the manji in Japan today. We asked Japanese locals if they are aware of this association with Nazi Germany.
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[@AstroLonghorn]

That older man is simple, blunt, and honest with his answers and the world needs more of him

[@TimeToGetFunkyy]

“1.7k LiKes anD nO CoMmeNts? LeMme fIX thAT” edit: y’all dont have to feel compelled to like this comment i’d rather you dont

[@jxka9c8]

Shut up

[@Mukawakadoodoo]

Except properly when it comes to Japanese atrocities in the war…maybe

[@Aru_im]

​@@TimeToGetFunkyyI won't, don't worry

[@leenabonq7550]

Then be like him😊

[@reloadpsi]

The older gentlemen not blaming the kids but the people teaching them is a breath of fresh air.

[@thiccum2668]

That’s a rare sight. Too many old people talk down on young people.

[@kirakat5]

​@@pmntl.fwhat

[@anomalocaris2593]

​@@pmntl.fHow is sex related in anyway?

[@averagezoomer]

@@pmntl.f”You won’t learn about the Nazis if you get laid” what an opinion. Not a valuable one but, it is an opinion.

[@ElusiveTy]

Considering we live in the age of technology where there's widespread access to information, there really is no excuse anymore.

[@Alexdevil17323]

That old man is so wise. I love how he blamed the system and not the people

[@SR_superior_1000]

Always the damn system...

[@hybridsniper9160]

Agreed

[@billybobjoethe1000th]

i agree

[@SeanMoran-ct2xk]

Blaming the system for teaching how a fanatic used the symbol for terror and to mass murder millions. Its called history

[@kacperzimowski4626]

Because there are obviously no people behind "the education system". We all know that the system of education is generated by some random AI, and the dude is obviously blaming AI alone and not any people involved, who design it. I ALSO LOVE THAT, MY FRIEND !!!! I LOVE IT JUST LIKE YOU DO, THAT HE DOESN'T BLAME PEOPLE!!!!

[@s0m3person]

In Hinduism we use the swastika as a religious symbol

[@tanshugohli]

bhai apne se hi liye hai ye 2no

[@AK-cy3kp]

​@@tanshugohlinahi wo right wala hakencruz hain

[@benjurqunov]

How can that symbol develop extra homosexual special rights ?

[@tanshugohli]

@@benjurqunov okay +

[@The_Bastion_meme]

Yes he is right 😊❤

[@lust1875]

Germany: Loses the War Japan: I have never met this man in my life

[@ok5037]

If you kiss men like this comment immediately

[@somehaloguy9372]

They weren't even really true allies in the war anyways. They signed a treaty to not attack each other but they never once actively coordinated any operations. Essentially 2 completely separate sides that just agreed not to shoot each other on sight

[@bloodred255]

​@ok5037 america doesnt talk about andrew jackson much

[@A._.Neill26]

@@bloodred255 He had a fair amount of time in AP US history.

[@joshuablackburn9135]

​@@bloodred255I think I learned about him in at least 4 classes

[@pokegan52]

The world: never forget Japan: never forget what

[@d3rduck]

Lol

[@RyanBright-wg1yk]

Well tbf people tend to get blunt force trauma induced amnesia after being punched in the face by the Sun twice…

[@blastedsneeze4460]

They act like the crimes committed by their nation don’t exist

[@mkesk5473]

LMAOOOO

[@neo_ericjuarez61]

​@@blastedsneeze4460because they don't know, most of their history got censored lol.

[@JakeMoment_]

The old man was the voice of reason

[@mortem_eu]

i like ur profile pic

[@TheIronpusher]

Crazy how vastly different cultures have the same issue when asked these types of questions. The older generations know the symbol, the history, the pain of other people, the younger ones are oblivious of history all together.

[@hellspinner8378]

​@TheIronpusher Probably because the older generation (e.g.teachers) is not teaching them about this. Or do so in an interesting enough way to make them remember.

[@jasonburris334]

Yup, the swastika is an ancient holy symbol that's on the oldest known statue ever found (12k years old). The Germans appropriated and reversed it.

[@chthulu27]

I don't know if I should feel better or worse that other countries also struggle with their populations being poorly educated on history.

[@Ko924ta]

いやいや知ってるでしょう... 今高3だけど全然知ってます。常識です

[@Yuki-28i]

習ったことなんて覚えてないだろ

[@takeawalk0303]

私は小５で知ってますうちの友達も知ってるから常識かと思ったハーケンクロイツ！ドイツ（ブァイマル）国旗から赤く丸いマーク（ハーケンクロイツ）のマークをしている１９３６から１９４５年あたり使われていたよ今ではこのハーケンクロイツを使う場合モザイクや十字に変えることをしないとダメ

[@外来種-m3j]

@@takeawalk0303ハーケンクロイツってスワスティカのこと？？？

[@東谷英助-m4w]

​@@外来種-m3jそうとも言うし、鉤十字とも言う ちなみにスワスティカと表現しているのは英語くらいしかなく、だいたいの言語では鉤十字と表現する

[@VampyBlood17]

The older gentleman is so wise.

[@djoetma]

Not really, unless you have a very low bar for being wise. Everyone should know about the swastika and nazi's.

[@ironyguy1750]

​@@djoetma actually this symbol originated in ancient India. It means being safe and good.

[@djoetma]

@@ironyguy1750 To my understanding is stands for prosperity and good fortune based on symbolism related to the sun... Anyway, that is something most people in the west actually know. Maybe not that swastika is a word that originated in ancient India, but we do know of its South Asian origin. Fact is many Japanese are quite clueless when it comes to other countries, even other Asian ones like India which is also why they are often quite racist towards Indians. Same with Koreans.

[@tapiocamango]

@@djoetma Everyone “should” know but not everyone is educated on it. Be realistic. And wisdom comes from simple truths to profound truths. Of course, he’s wise.

[@djoetma]

@@tapiocamango It's not unrealistic for everyone to have this kind of low-level knowledge. Here in my country everyone knows it.

[@RavenousRuger]

The older gentleman is very wise. If you forget history, it will repeat itself.

[@fjunjian]

the fact that the most Japanese has access to internet and they don't know about the Nanking massacre

[@deadputridfungi]

My heart jumped when u saw your username

[@ziyadatunnimah8056]

It's repeated, and done by one that used to be nazi's "victim"

[@みこがた]

「お前の先祖は罪人でその民族は永遠に罪を償うべきだ」…これは差別じゃ無いらしい。白人はなんも覚えてないし背負ってないのにね。

[@Virginny]

It's currently repeating itself in Palestine with Isreal as the aggressor.

[@Officer_Bananas]

Germany: we regret our war crimes Japan: what war crimes

[@xaym3n]

Russia: We did it! 😎🚬

[@Syzdyma]

@@xaym3ncause they won against nazi and it wasn’t only Russia it was USSR

[@4rqade947]

@@xaym3n didn't they beat the nazis

[@kelpdock8913]

​@Volsyx nah the government is pretty anti stalin but pro lenin

[@user.Icarus]

​@@Volsyx Stalin sure, but what exactly did Lenin do? Hell, Lenin didn't even want Stalin to be in charge, that's why Stalin had to trick Trotsky to gain power in Russia after Lenin's death.

[@yA-bv8qv]

As a Japanese, I would like to give my opinion on this interview. They are extreme examples. Most people understand what this is😮😮😮

[@Chiaozu]

😢

[@hastur-c5u]

Древние азиатский религии Тенгрианство, очень много свастика и руны, как у коренные народов Северной Азии Сибирь, Саха, Тувинцы, Алтайцы, Эвенки, Чукчи, Манси, и т.д

[@嗚呼うう]

i agree. I think 80% understand what this means.

[@Uncapullo]

@@嗚呼うう nazi germany 1933_1945. The one who started ww2

[@Uncapullo]

Just search Nazi germany or WW2. Also, you´ know why Koreans and chineses hate japan

[@000firebird]

"Looks like a band symbol" Yeah an arm band symbol

[@CuntyMisanthrope]

Underrated 😂😂😂

[@tonysoprano12345]

Based

[@jons9239]

Hahaha! Oooo you quick!

[@metalicarus8372]

Lmao

[@DEATHISCERTAINLIFEISNOT.]

💀

[@arleyantes9321]

"I have a feeling the Nazis were the bad guys." Dude, you're on to something.

[@andreslinares6429]

Don't tell him who the other bad guys were 😅

[@Nebujin383]

N's could have changed this world into something better. EDIT: With their allies the japanese.

[@leeshapon]

“Are we the baddies?”

[@BVonBuescher]

The word for that in Japanese is ‘Allies’

[@Naz1Killer]

They weren't the bad guys. They were the worst.

[@hxddenprson9791]

I like that older gentleman, He seems so wise and polite

[@reginaldforthright805]

Not at all. He’s clinging to hatred from the past.

[@galenmarek8287]

@@reginaldforthright805yawn.

[@Der_Key]

@@reginaldforthright805definitely the opinion of all time *loud incorrect buzzer*

[@thnzxc]

​@@reginaldforthright805I don't think he's clinging to it. I think it's the fact he's old enough to know the history of it and that it's used in that negative way to this day.

[@jaydenroberts2615]

@@reginaldforthright805the very fact we got people in the present who are authoritarian nationalists, with racist flavours means no, we still gotta educate about it

[@Obesity_Man]

Okay I know this may sound bad, but the symbol actually looks pretty badass for a band. Edit:Damn the band name itself sounds badass too, "The Axis powers" like wtf💀

[@Bluddythethird]

Instead of being used for a band it was a hate symbol for a awful people called n*zis 🙁

[@Destrixio]

No, but it does tho. I wanna use it but….yeah.

[@PayzTheSithGamer]

@@Destrixionah fr. If it wasn’t a Nazi symbol it would make for a great cod emblem or clan logo

[@starrby7790]

Imagine walking into an alternative timeline where instead of being used for war it was a band symbol of a band that does really well

[@pluto7402]

​@@starrby7790 a band started by an Austrian guy who after failing art decided to take on music.

[@joshsetzer8786]

The old guy was spot on about lack of education.

[@bigmeatyveinylog]

Was about to laugh but that’s actually really disappointing

[@junsuzuki1412]

What's interesting is that he was the younger generation when it was taught that they were the bad guys. My grandparents on my dad's side lived outside of Tokyo and even after the war saw them as people who wanted to help save Japan during WW2. They saw Tokyo burn and their neighbors and other family members die in the fighting. It wasn't until my dad's generation that they were seen as the bad guys and word of their atrocities became somewhat accepted in Japan.

[@dowkinners4106]

Maybe they don’t want the youth to completely turn on there own country like in the US surround the history of slavery. Unnecessary guilt and blame can tear a country apart from within.

[@idunnomyname7040]

@@junsuzuki1412I wonder why that is🤔 maybe because japan committed plenty of its own atrocities

[@amanrahmani2632]

@@junsuzuki1412 Not really Japan doesn't teach the history of WW2 they still haven't even recognized the Nanjing massacre

[@2shy2guy52]

"I have a feeling the Nazis were the bad guys" is an absolute golden line

[@johnwilkesbooth3045]

😂😂😂

[@uHnodnarB]

Purely vibes based analysis and he was right. It’s like getting the right answer without doing the steps.

[@ondrejhons704]

Are we the baddies?

[@araujo22ful]

Dude is still in 1939

[@triple_check]

@@DudebrochillmanWHAT DO YOU MEAN BRO??

[@YaBoiDoi]

"looks like a band" The axis powers would be one hell of a band name tho

[@ASweetShortCake]

Wait you’re actually right. 😅

[@LadyIno]

Make it a death metal band!

[@dragonballgacha]

​@@LadyIno oh they'd be into *death* metal, alright

[@manueldeubler1127]

There"s a band called The Axis of Awesome.

[@cooperkillen5729]

@@LadyInothey’re are plenty of underground Nazi bands. Thats always been a thing. So not far off.

[@koheibike3245]

授業でくっそちゃんと教わったぞ… 学歴終わってる俺でも覚えてるのに…

[@あかさたな-t4y]

まあ、印象操作ってやつでしょ

[@Gensokyo_Workers_Party]

いい国だよね!!

[@BL4CKB34R_]

The elderly man sure is well informed, mad respect to him

[@Gaelerx]

Grandpa never forget ❤

[@michealjackson12121]

He’s probably not well informed he just was there lol

[@DominicanLionFanRep]

My man probably was there at Hiroshima and survived somehow of course he will know! 😂

[@theanswer4541]

Not at all, allies also commited thousands of crimes but varely was judged

[@spoonyluv19]

We need more people like him who remember the horrors of war to teach the younger generation that way we are not doomed to repeat those mistakes.

[@se7enth_hea7en]

The older guy is speaking straight up facts

[@manuelmatos4322]

Full facts

[@Arffff03]

It’s not teachers fault, it’s the school system overall. As a teacher (systems are different in Japan and in Us), but we don’t have much of a say in what children are learning. It comes down to curriculum and what higher ups say about what/how we teach. I agree with the other things he says though

[@RurouniKalainGaming]

Dang that's sad, he right.

[@JaseekaRawr]

​@@Arffff03 It's the exact same way in the US. Which makes sense since the US was foundational in the rebuilding Japan after they surrendered. Definitely had an influence.

[@sxatcychan1988]

​@@Arffff03 I also put the blame on the Japanese government. Can't have the citizens to know too much about WWII and the war crimes committed.

[@ivanc9087]

“I have a feeling the nazis are the bad guys” - someone in Japan by 1944, probably

[@nerfpup3089]

"are we the baddies?"

[@leotruuut245]

Hmmmmmm you could be right😂😂😂

[@kyushamx5114]

Reminds me of a scene in band of brothers: (Janovek is reading an article in a newspaper about why they are having a war) Luz : Why are we fighting the war, Janovek? Janovek : it appears the germans are bad, very bad. Luz: you don't say, the germans are bad huh?

[@felipedager214]

“Are we the baddies?”

[@patrickgardner2204]

Otherway around actually believe it or not

[@黒君-l4s]

ほとんどの日本人は理解しています

[@TENOZILIA]

Germany "we used to be allies!" Japan "who are you again?"

[@Goku_Black_Can_say_nigga]

Kann ich nur sagen dass es die Wahrheit ist

[@krenchyboy1748]

Hahaha

[@Soldier-ij7nw]

Little Boy and Fat Man might have caused a concussion leading to memory loss on japan

[@MonsterZero_edits._.]

xD

[@cedricmcarthur2448]

German guy: You took EVERYTHING from me! Japanese guy: I don’t even know who you are.

[@aronk001]

That old man who says it's the lack of education to blame seemed so wise and patient and happy. Wish I had a father like him

[@jestrel]

He was smiling the whole time cause he knew

[@fariesz6786]

we need men who are loving enough to want their children to be happy and strong, and serious enough to tell them about the bad things we have done in the past so children don't make the same mistakes again. too many people don't manage to be either.

[@n00ster]

The world needs more people with his attitude and way of approaching issues

[@Zigrun]

he was just a solder, he did what comander sayied, that's why he smiled btw

[@Kingchungas]

/grandpa

[@DiningTableOfficeWorker]

I love that Elder is not blaming the ignorance of the young, rather blaming the elder population not teaching the young about it.

[@whatthefuckiswrongwithyou]

not just the elder population, the education censors it

[@m.g.3013]

Yeah like I'm a little bemused at how triggered I was by one of them asking what a nazi was. Not expecting much but to never hear of them?!

[@GreenFN7]

W gramps

[@minyaksayur]

They were oblivious to the fact that Japan was also allied with Germany at that time. "I had the feeling they were the bad guys"

[@malumnexus7919]

Bingo! I was just about to comment on that!

[@goatvix]

It was a band, an armband.

[@shelly.618]

Underrated comment

[@goatvix]

@@shelly.618 thx

[@MsLemon42]

I am a history teacher and wish to bestow upon you extra credit for this comment, but all I can do is give a thumbs up

[@goatvix]

@@MsLemon42 Damn thanks teach!

[@JujuBennie]

I think the reason this comment is so criminally underrated is because the schools ain’t teaching children what an armband is 😭😭😭

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

"It could be a band logo" Their single called "My Struggle" actually topped the charts in 1930s and 1940s Germany

[@praj1636]

XDD

[@jonathanschubert9052]

Their magnum opus "Final Solution" topped the charts with over 7 million hits. They even had a copycat act in Italy that called themselves "The Duke", but they waned in popularity through the 1940s in light of British and American influence. That, being said it enjoys a cult following in the western and, surprisingly, the middle-eastern world.

[@tommasotosi2005]

Must not forget about their banger Erika, such a nice song, loved the remix 🗿

[@Pomeranc470]

​@@tommasotosi2005erika has nothing to do with them

[@edwardblair4096]

Or it bombed on the charts, depending on your perspective.

[@thegrekko]

"I have a feeling the Nazis were the bad guys." Wait until he hears who they were allied with.

[@Scr4mbledM3ggs]

And how the war ended dude…

[@animangafan342]

Ukrainians are aware of who's side they were on. They're proud of it😂

[@peterpiper1439]

There is probably a reason they don’t teach WW2 history in school 😂

[@jacobblakely2224]

​@@animangafan342This is Japan?

[@YouTubesucksdick]

​@@jacobblakely2224 no it's Australia 😂😂😂

[@chadosado5742]

"people are not being properly educated" couldn't have said it any better

[@deaddevil7]

Maybe not every piece of history taught across the world doesn't need to be western centric.

[@Fayrinn_09]

@@deaddevil7World War 2 was not western centric bro 💀💀

[@lincolnwheeler3936]

@@deaddevil7japan fought alongside the nazis

[@ihx7]

youre likely one of them

[@blantant]

It's almost like that country is completely ignorant of the atrocities of WWII.... Both of their own nation's doing and their allies

[@yoi1572]

いや、義務教育でやるだろ。 知らない人がいるのが驚き。

[@memethief14]

"It looks like it could be a band logo" In that case, Japan was hell of a guitarist

[@lunarialoonatic]

You kidding? Japan is like the Jimi Hendrix of the guitar world

[@Trunks_esp__]

Well, they've received 2 one-hit-wonders against them, and they decided to left the ally band. The best guitarist got nothing against timeless classics.

[@ang352]

Well unironically they are

[@HEATHENYT]

They were not ready for the breakdown😄

[@JonnySolomon]

They did go solo for a bit

[@Uni02BN]

old man actually spitting wise facts at the end

[@crossfire2045]

Yes he is and sadly, it seems it is common practice for the new generations to not be taught properly about the dark history of the world.

[@-svet]

i like your profile picture

[@RAVANA7]

@@-svetWhy because you also get zero Bx%hs?

[@HelperUTTP]

🇩🇪🇯🇵🇮🇹

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

Yep, the Japanese education system is proven to actually suck, more than America’s somehow.

[@darkangel_1978]

That older gentleman's last comment, hit the nail on the head.

[@Gazing-09]

I just finished it and I agree.

[@Thawhid]

Thanks for finishing it​@@Gazing-09

[@Demonade_]

honestly i believe it's less of proper education and more of something like censorship, filtered education if you will, less obviously controlled by the government, there are so many things governments hide about their country's history from the people, and it can be pretty invisible or passive. Something might be a simple google search away for them even with that freedom in their hands yet the practice is obviously effective. The youth aren't taught, they aren't aware/don't know, they don't discuss/gossip with their peers about it, they don't ask the elderly about it, the info would be lost in plain sight.

[@Axelrun1994]

The country known for basically having kids live at school and have stressful and difficult placement exams for higher education doesn't educate it's youth on WW2... The math ain't mathing. Kids in that country practically leave school in the evening. TF do they do there all day?

[@Malc180s]

Well duh.

[@yuuuuuu445]

いやいやいやナチスは知ってるだろ習うわ学校で。インタビューする人悪すぎでしょ…

[@立風tachikaz]

​@TempCrap-nn4cm残虐行為をしたのは敗戦国だけじゃない。お前たちのことだ

[@tomo9620]

@TYOSAKUKENTARO英語が共通言語だから英語で喋るんですよw

[@tomo9620]

@TYOSAKUKENTARO 言い方がものすごく悪いんですよ、あなた。 もっと優しく言う方がいいですよ。 別にコメントは読んで返信しましたよ。 あとそもそも海外向けに作られた動画ですし、英語圏の人たちの方が視聴してるので日本語で話す方が違う気がします。

[@アメジスト先輩]

​@@tomo9620日本語は世界共通の言葉なんだから日本語を話して当然ですよ！

[@aconfusedshoe6240]

Germany: "Hey remember me?" Japan: "New phone who dis"

[@RoboBaconRapper]

786 likes with no replies? Let me fix that. Also nice joke bro. :D

[@joshuarahimi221]

Hahaha im dead!😂

[@conradaster3764]

😂😂😂😂

[@v-Lex-v]

Is that a refference to the guy with the "i will send you to jesus" meme

[@skylinehero]

Lmao

[@d_l3266]

Germany: We teach our kids never forget about what we did Japan: If we teach our kids nothing, then it’s never happened

[@jackvancekirkland]

Germany has been an occupied country ever since the end of the war. They have been utterly brainwashed into submission so that they will hopefully never seek their own sovereignty again. If they wanted to, they would be the most powerful nation in Europe. Japan has very similarly been cucked by the USA. We wrote their constitution for them. The Japanese have better preserved their identity than the Germans though.

[@betalars]

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. Those who prevent you from learning about history, intend to repeat it.

[@akemihomura2465]

True

[@darnellrozek3774]

​@@betalars So that is the reason why American wants to spread democracy and freedom so often in the middle east😅

[@mateusbertolaccini2224]

Japão simplesmente reescreveu a história com seu sistema educacional condescendente.

[@wessiym]

The thing the older gentleman said about blaming the educational system and not the people was so satisfying. The younger people aren’t ignorant, they just were never taught about it.

[@rustovichjack]

No they literally are ignorant, that's the meaning of the word lol

[@BJtheBassist]

That’s the same thing.

[@Fritschold_the_Knight_In_God]

No, they were just skipping history class. This is ignorance.

[@closko5279]

no, they never taught them this in history class, big difference!​@@Fritschold_the_Knight_In_God

[@ToxicTurtleIsMad]

They are BEYOND IGNORANT AND ITS THEIR FAULT!!!!!!

[@joniwaboy]

This is exactly how history should not be handled, stuff like this cannot be forgotten.

[@seekgaming303]

I do agree that it would preferably be forgotten but I- no we shall not let history repeat itself

[@madiqhertz7228]

"The nazis were the bad guys" Japan in the WW2: 🗿

[@Oldmangamess]

To be fair it wasn’t the Japanese people’s fault it was their government

[@Eireann.]

​@@Oldmangamess Same could be said for Germany?

[@monax1a-yt]

@@Oldmangamess Also the soldier's fault.

[@silicakun]

​@@Eireann.Totaly true , not all German was nazies

[@vincentfichtler7758]

​@@silicakunas well as Italians not everyone fully supported Mussolini and I think that not every people on the axis's territories fully supporting their ruthless leadership.

[@bobbart6498]

Bruh Japan really just skipping over that part of history in school. Grandpa only knew ‘cause he lived it.

[@teamojesusss]

Well, Japan was Germany, so of course they don't wanna teach it. Doesn't benefit them.

[@amtra1778]

@@teamojesusss when did Germany ever acquire Japan?

[@PKAFunnyMoments]

He’s not even really old enough to have lived through it

[@teamojesusss]

@@amtra1778 Germany and Japan were allies

[@amtra1778]

@@teamojesusss I know they were allies, but you stated they "was" Germany. History benefits everyone. It teaches not to make the same horrible mistakes and what ethics and tactics are useful.

[@MCX300]

teaching Japanese kids about WW2 would be like Captain America coming out his capsule and learning that he didn't end the war

[@Thule21]

I see what you did there😂

[@BigWheel.]

I feel like in America they would've told captian America. I live in the U.S.A we do tell our people of our past atrocities, when I was in school I learned about the internment of Japanese Civilians during the war and the generally poor treatment they underwent and the substandard living conditions they were put under. But I doubt that many in Japan have seen the news article of an imperial soldier with an infant impaled on the end of a bayonet. And even fewer know the story behind it. Germany has to teach about the holocaust in detail, America has done the same for our past crimes, even up until and past the Bush years. I was learning about what war crimes were happening under the Obama administration when he was our president. Japan tries to ignore and hide from the problems within their society past/present. If you look into their legal system it's very telling.

[@vihtas_art]

I got a captain America doesn't know about Hiroshima vid right after this one💀

[@bbewlenibroc4570]

​@@BigWheel.Lol not quite. I learned that George Washington was the man who chopped down the cherry tree and Christopher Columbus discovered America. How terrible we actually were didn't come to light until the advent of youtube

[@JohnWayneStraightcy]

Dude, theres a skit about that!

[@TheRealGr33nGuy]

Not knowing crucial parts of history like this is dangerous. The post WW2 generations in Japan are clearly not a fault so it makes no sense to hide the truth from them during their “education”.

[@DarkAttack14]

Knowing history is written by the Victor.. Gives less credence to current historical education

[@renarenacat]

I grew in japan and we all learn every thing about the war. But since japan's education focuses on getting high social status by graduating and going to good university,most students studies it only for exams and forget it. Japan's education doesn't really hide anything. We learn about everything we did back in the day. Another thing is because Japan is hardly a same country after the war with new goverment,laws,modernization when we learn about our history its hard to take it as our legacy.

[@DarkAttack14]

@@renarenacat since you grew up in Japan I need to ask, did you ever learn about unit 731 in any of your schooling?

[@XxPrettiestGirlxX]

@@renarenacatEveryone’s experience is difference tbh. I personally attend an American school, but I know a foreign exchange student from Japan, and when we were learning about WWll they seemed shocked about all of the horrific things that Japan and Germany did. She had never learned of the Korean occupation, Pearl Harbor, or what Japan did to Asia in general.

[@JohnWhite-Sensei]

In all honesty, history isn't something anyone is really interested in here. They only know Oda Nobunaga because he has been popularised in video games. It's really shocking.

[@DRofYouTube]

The old man is right. We can’t ignore the terrible things our country has done, we have to address them, and make sure we always remember what happened so that we will never go down those dark paths again.

[@senseishu937]

Japan can't catch that memo though, neither can Turkey

[@Hotchpotchsoup]

Too late, nazis are already back in business and there are even slightly worse people in the top of society's pyramid

[@Marx8679]

America 🌚

[@LeftvsReich]

Something Americans need to learn as well. Conservatives have launched an all-out war against public education for simply teaching American history truthfully, and not enough people value education in this country.

[@memelegend3857]

he sure is

[@benloaded3765]

Germany: we're brothers in arms! Japan: who are you?

[@trungkienang7657]

Germany:you don't know me for the past Japan:uh...no

[@gameshooterstarOG]

Germans kinda have to live with their past but japanese people were able to make themselves and the rest of the world forget by being known for anime nowdays.

[@chrizeeey]

​@@gameshooterstarOG hello kitty and godzilla sure protected their ass😭lmao

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@chrizeeey And *don't forget about the Ultraman, Kamen Rider 🦗🏍 and Super Sentai/Power Rangers* to the Americans 🇺🇸, as well *several anime & manga series' ever made* to be honest ya, Chrizee-05...✌😉

[@nathanwinsor7]

In high school we had Japanese exchange students at our school on the day of Pearl Harbor. None of them had ever heard of it and just looked confused when someone talked about it. They ignore the bad parts of history

[@huaraches8934]

“I have a feeling the Nazis were the bad guys” It might seem crazy what im bout to say….

[@notme-ro3wv]

Sunshine, she's here, you can take a break

[@bsdnmd]

The west doesnt even know why to hate anything

[@belaschmidt1770]

I wanted to comment that 😂😂😂​@@notme-ro3wv

[@Tadziothx]

-"Well they killed 60 million an wanted to conquer the entire planet, so your not wrong"

[@nashtatersgaming7450]

Well…… the Japanese were allied with the nazis………and the Japanese killed more people than all of the other axis Allies did……so who are the bad guys?

[@wassiexoxo4462]

学校教育でわざと教えてないような印象操作やめましょうね。 鉤十字なんてネット見てれば嫌でも目に入るはず。

[@computergenerated3833]

Old dude is chill asf

[@ProbablyUltraman]

that's literally me

[@PopTap]

@@ProbablyUltramanmake a vid 😂

[@ProbablyUltraman]

@@PopTap I can't read english

[@PopTap]

@@ProbablyUltraman たわごと

[@Coopkaboom]

Bro remembers

[@bwy9402]

Guy at the beginning and end was goated, he really said "yeah that don't get taught history like they should anymore"

[@AJ-jx5gm]

In the west, we dont get taught what japan did to asia during wwII nearly as much as what germany did to europe. As a chinese american, I've experienced the eastern side and the western side. In china, theres countless tv series / film about what japan did to chinese in wwii but not nearly as much about what happened in the west for WWII.

[@embreis2257]

@@AJ-jx5gm this is to be expected. westerners and their eurocentric worldview is comparable to easterners and their focus on what happened in their corner of the world. however, there are large differences between what an American learns about world history and what a student in Germany learns about the same subject. myself, I can tell you quite a bit about the Japanese and what they did before and during WW2 and I've never been to [East] Asia. my answers would have matched those of the elder gentleman in the clip.

[@fichtellukas5572]

I guess I was around 12 yo when I was told, the majority of ww2 took place on the pacific side with Japan fcking everyone and everything up. I was raised in Poland

[@voyager1977.2]

Many Japanese are not aware of their ancestors war crimes.

[@Muddy.Teabagger]

Was never told it in school still know that both are not the same, but that's the problem most people don't like to learn stuff if they don't too.

[@jump_start]

“Looks like it could be a band logo.” Black metal bands:

[@hareecionelson5875]

white supremacy metal bands: "..."

[@gamersgamestorm8291]

Oh no. I don’t think the Nazis would be a “black” metal band

[@mahbuddykeith1124]

@@gamersgamestorm8291”Honorary Aryan” band

[@SomebodyLikeXeo]

@@gamersgamestorm8291Norwegian black metal is notoriously famous for nazi ideology

[@grunt0022]

rammstein....

[@kokumotu0909]

切り抜き報道すぎて草

[@全てを破壊するカンガルーv]

アホな若者にインタビューするの悪意あって好き。正味私立や国立出なら皆ナチスについて知ってるやろ。アウシュビッツやアンネの日記授業でやるし。

[@HIKAKIN_MANKO]

そうか？

[@凶吉-r6u]

流石にナチスは小学生でも知ってるからね​@@HIKAKIN_MANKO

[@HIKAKIN_MANKO]

@@凶吉-r6u 多分やけど小学生で知ってるやつはネットには多いやろうけどリアルでは少数やろ

[@凶吉-r6u]

@@HIKAKIN_MANKO えガチか... でも中学生は教科書に載ってるから流石に知ってるんだよな

[@TPH-lf4ee]

"It could be a band logo" Their songs was so good that it almost conquered whole Europe

[@hackerunknown2000]

Underrated...

[@smtandearthboundsuck8400]

Teufenslied slapped ngl. Soviet songs still better

[@OXY187]

yeah man...the Austrian Painter is one of the most underrated and talented artists out there.

[@visheshgaurav7898]

Aüf der heide blüht ein kleines blümedien Tbh that's all I know

[@iok1617]

*erika loudly plays in the backround*

[@EllRiver]

"Who were they? "Your allies in ww2" "oh so good guys?"

[@graypudding3005]

@@chrislancasterTbf the Japanese army committed war crimes that are hardly imaginable to the Chinese people and prisoners of war.

[@geiselgibran4446]

​@@graypudding3005the africans owned by the brits :

[@richngo8585]

@@graypudding3005 tbf the U.S. did also imprison over a hundred thousand innocent Japanese and Japanese Americans under false accusations of espionage during WWII, causing almost all assets to be lost.

[@Ralph-Rainier]

​@@graypudding3005Yeah, not just Chinese people, to Koreans, to Filipinos, to Indonesians, to Vietnamese people and many more attrocities committed. Totalling in millions of civilian casualties

[@Asic229]

​@Ralph-Rainier yeah essentially every nation that they ever ruled over was severely prosecuted by them. They even had testing facilities in manchukuo that would be very comparable to auschwitz because of the atrocities they committed. People usually dont know about it because the US intentionally covered it up when they occupied Japan

[@nurblesonnutrients6637]

"It looks like a band symbol" Well, it was a band. An ARM band.

[@GamesIguess-nt6lj]

Ok taht funny idk why

[@LitoMike]

OH NAH

[@ずんだ-z9z]

He said it looked like the band's SIAM SHADE logo.

[@KK0pL]

It was an armed band as well

[@iam.damian]

😂

[@yuuuuuu445]

これは酷い。常識ですよ。皆知ってます。

[@anniespencer1553]

The man at the end, " if schools aren't teaching properly, how will they know?"

[@Blackdiamondprod.]

The library. The internet. There’s no excuse for not educating yourself in the 21st century.

[@phantomrabbit2002]

@@Blackdiamondprod.kids don’t go to libraries willingly

[@Buffer131]

​@phantomrabbit2002 unless theres a computer, then LAN PARTY AT THE LIBRARY BOIIIIIIIII

[@phantomrabbit2002]

@@Buffer131 alright true, true

[@L30GH05TDUD3]

@@Blackdiamondprod. not all people have the time nor patience for learning about history especially when schools don’t teach you about certain history too. I bet you’re not much of a history geek yourself either

[@mrmathh3680]

Never ask a man his salary Never ask a woman her age Never ask the japanese what they were doing in china, 1937

[@dusty1593]

Taking the women on nice dates I’m sure 😅

[@aansimns2169]

​@@dusty1593sweet date to unit 731

[@shuipsezairi6527]

They went for a party everyone was invited

[@LucasF25]

Surely they were just trading asian recipes

[@thatdude8945]

The ol’ baby in a stick

[@qwertyasdf6589]

When I’m in a denying war crimes competition and my opponent is Japanese

[@miguelpastor5952]

if ur america or england you just might win, tho it will be tight

[@JR-zi9vj]

​@@miguelpastor5952no? Lol

[@30769s]

I have a feeling the Japanese wasn't taught about the Nazis and the like since Imperial Japan was worse than Germany during that time, and they probably don't want the Japanese to know. Just my theory though Im probably completely wrong

[@Torth121]

@@miguelpastor5952Australia is pretty good at it too

[@OGPvPMC]

Youre right ​@@30769s

[@socratesii91]

America in WW2: Russia is our best friend America 2024: Who tf are you

[@U_vebeenwarned126]

False asf but funny 😂

[@Mediocre_Brian]

​@@U_vebeenwarned126not false.

[@U_vebeenwarned126]

@@Mediocre_Brian 100%

[@drittzthedarktuber4327]

​@Mediocre_Brian It is false ever since the Russian revolution to dissolve the Russian monarchy and enact the USSR. The relation between america and Russia dissolved Into nothingness

[@angelamassimo4312]

@@U_vebeenwarned126it’s not

[@Stevies_Precog_Gym_n_Spa420]

Japan has a terrible, censorious attitude to history, specifically WW2. The true scale of their atrocities has not been acknowledged in any meaningful way in the way they teach. Quite the opposite actually

[@ridleymain9234]

Yeah, it pisses me off that Japan refuses to acknowledge their history. They should teach about it like Germany. I understand what Japan did was worse and killed more (20 mil in china alone) but you have to teach about it. I don’t think Japan gives money to any of the comfort women or people who they infected with anthrax or the plague. It’s awful and the Japanese government needs to teach it.

[@downrighthorizontal9931]

I mean thats also how the USA generally operates when talking about “conflicts” we were a part of… so I find it really hard to throw blame without acknowledging that (even see: US Japanese Internment Camps is just icing on the cake)

[@keatensmith]

@@downrighthorizontal9931 I am a 8th grader and we were told about them but were not thrown into detail in 5th grade. It is a shame about what happened to the American-Japanese people during the time we were involved in the war.

[@Cappuccino_327]

@@downrighthorizontal9931the Japanese camps in the west of America were an atrocity on the constitution and human rights, but they weren’t being experimented on or anything and the government did eventually apologize for it. Japan has done even less than that. They haven’t taken accountability for a single thing, not one little thing. The fact that you’re comparing what the Japanese government did during WWII to the camps in America just shows how badly educated you are on the topic. You’ve clearly been taught such a downscaled version of what the Japan did because it doesn’t even come close to comparing it to the American camps. Japan was just like Nazi germany and it’s absolutely wild you’re putting America at the same level as them

[@markanthony1004]

@@downrighthorizontal9931No in fact when I was in middle school they invited some WW 2 veterans and we were allowed to ask any questions they were willing to answer and one thing was clear, which we’d already learned, was in war there’s no good or bad guys just soldiers and civilians death and destruction and hatred and vengeance. I learned first had some 7 years later in Afghanistan. Iraq wasn’t too terrible during my only deployment there

[@WhisperDude1990]

“I have a feeling they were the bad guys” Who’s going to tell him?

[@yourstruly5013]

I am sure even you know very little about Nazis,

[@rb8165]

Tell him they werent

[@moon_mouse8050]

​@@yourstruly5013 well at least we know who they are. No hate to you or the guy in the video I'm just saying

[@JAS44404]

@@yourstruly5013he’s saying who’s going to tell them that Japan Allied with Germany…

[@Jack93885]

@@yourstruly5013 I'm sure what "little" WhisperDude knows far outstretches that of the younger Japanese folks shown in this video. You'd only need the most minute amount of knowledge to far outstretch theirs.

[@calebward9284]

That older man knew exactly what he’s talking about.

[@moneyrich12]

he has no idea what he is talking about. the school system did nothing wrong they are just stupid

[@lordnokia4222]

​@@moneyrich12 You have 0 literacy on what you're talking about.

[@WsuxYT]

@@moneyrich12 Hell no, not knowing something is not equal of being stupid wtf. That is literally data and it is proper to say it is school system problem dude. What he says is consistent.

[@armenianmuggerfromgta2041]

​@moneyrich12 stop trolling. Your father isn't coming back 😂

[@armenianmuggerfromgta2041]

​@WsuxYT don't feed the troll, his father left him and his mother at the homeless shelter!

[@Circulus-3.14]

I'm a Japanese high school student, but I learned about history in elementary school. Japanese people who don't know this mark are uneducated and it's pretty dangerous. Please don't think that all Japanese people are like this... I translated this, so I'm sorry if it's hard to understand.

[@alexojideagu]

Germany " Japan we must learn from our history " Japan "What history?" Germany "What?" Japan "What....."

[@infinitytower8957]

Germany very much acknowledges their crimes still. Japan on the other hand…

[@ChristophMarschner-k4p]

Well we don't learn anything about Japanese history eather

[@kennymuller3115]

@@ChristophMarschner-k4pThat argument doesn’t hold any water. japan was allied with the nazis during ww2 and pulled the US into the war. If they don’t know who the nazis where they know nothing about their own ww2 history.

[@minestar2247]

​@@infinitytower8957there were no crimes in basingse,(in avatar, the fire kingdom is the empire of Japan, while the earth kingdom is china)

[@arthost4795]

Japanese history begin with samurai era, then blank, then modern era Really, when japanese learn history it's always the glorious era of warring states, but never about WWII as if it doesn't exist

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Good on the old man for not blaming the kids

[@GG_ming]

blaming the kids for what

[@napkintissue0]

@@GG_ming for not being educated about the nazis

[@Fenrigalo]

@@napkintissue0 one can hardly blame them if we dont educate the youth on what happened in the past, we are bound to make it happen again it's a shame some parts of the world would rather we forget a good portion of our history and how we got there or what resulted from it

[@mcyg2079]

@@Fenrigalo thats why the thread came from a comment that said good on the man for not blaming the kids.

[@napkintissue0]

@@Fenrigalo i was replying to @GG_ming cuz they asked “blaming kids for what” so I said “for not knowing abt the nazis” i was tryna say that the old man wasnt blaming the kids for not knowing abt the nazis sorry i sound confusing

[@SovestkySoyuz79]

*Germany greets his old friend* Japan:Who are you again?

[@tanaka7758]

As Japanese, this is something we learn in compulsory education in Japan. We also learn about the Nazis and that Japan was an ally of Germany. The people in the video probably did not take the lessons seriously.

[@luluwachedjari3299]

I thought the same! I mean Japan is Japan because of this friendship there’s even words from each language in the other between these two countries

[@jeffstone9927]

What are jews????

[@systemkritikerq6956]

​@@luluwachedjari3299I am german and there are no words even.

[@Midala87]

What is smoked and cured? ​@@jeffstone9927

[@rasahi5872]

企画「ナチス知らない日本人探してみた」

[@nagareboshi_123]

"That looks like a band logo" 💀💀💀

[@sickboy6477]

Their fans were kind of twisted

[@genericbeansmile756]

Ah yes, we all remember the emo alt rock band "Axis"

[@Sheps_Media]

​@user-fb2tn6wk5z Mein Campfing Co.

[@hiabunrii]

hes into something since sid from the sex pistols wore a shirt with the nazi symbol

[@LiterallyAWesternHognose]

​​@@genericbeansmile756Hell mate I remember some of their concerts were literally fire even some of the fans got cooked.

[@Batlca]

Germany: "Hello, remember me" Japan: "New game logo?"

[@IDK-df4cw]

This comment is crazy

[@WatercraftGames]

Japan did forget then

[@Zer-cv8ve]

Japan: New Wolfenstein?!😃

[@benrichardlafuente1263]

Nah! It's a new band logo

[@WorldCitizen-gz6fn]

It always frustrates me how ignorant media is and especially west which promoted hooked cross as Swastika It must be called German nazi party cross symbol. Did Germans called it Swastika. I don't think so unless they spoke sanskrit and not german Swastika is Sanskrit word meaning 'conducive to well-being'. It has been in Sanatan Dharma (Indian religions) for thousands of years. InHinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good lu

[@kendy4]

The old man is a good example of how the Elderly should react to younger generations on not being educated enough . Instead of bashing them on what they can and cannot accomplish . It’s the responsibility of the Older folks to teach and nurture these young minds with facts not belittlement as well.

[@Avocado_Ruler]

How can he see????

[@soffici1]

Yes and now, tbh. If you go to school and learn nothing, it’s most probably your fault, not the teachers’. I’m from genX, so I’ve grown up in a different word from today’s: we had to do our homework on books, there was no internet to look things up. Of course, there were no social media, but distractions were invented way before IG, FB and their lot, so the blame on social media argument is invalid. My impression is that as society evolves and the traditional patriarchal family goes out of fashion (which is a good thing), one of the consequences is that children are left more and more to their own devices, and studying is not part of the fun stuff you want to do. So you end up ignorant and don’t know what a Nazi Swastika represents (yes, I’m using the present intentionally, because unfortunately there are idiots who still hold those ideas in their otherwise empty heads)

[@nasi6011]

@@soffici1 though i do want to say the distractions today that are social media its so much easier to be distracted by before you have to actively NOt be studying so its not really a distraction because you chose that over studying of course there are exceptions.

[@JamesHussain82]

​@@nasi6011turning a TV or radio on is no different to picking up your phone.

[@CoryPchajek]

@@nasi6011people that are more prone to distractions (like folks with ADHD) have ALWAYS been easily distracted

[@pumpkingamebox]

Old man was the only one to remember the homies from his youth.

[@hugo-garcia]

The world : Never forget. Japan : Never remember

[@prestongoh1886]

Japan: Never Happened

[@churrothiev8387]

You must understand, the swastika has a history before WWII. In a good chunk of Asia, from South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, it was a symbol of good luck and a Buddhist symbol. You can find a map with swastika in not just Japan but China and Vietnam as well, to locate Buddhist temples. And you might think that 45 degree swastika is associated with the Nazi, actually even that symbol was used to indicate Buddhism. The Nazis, who were literally illiterate, found this symbol from Hindu valleys and associated it with Aryanism, a word which even more ironically, was associated with Persians and North Indians.

[@Kilovotis]

@@churrothiev8387 well yes but the point is that they didn't even know who the Nazis were

[@bruhdude6712]

​@@churrothiev8387yes but the swastika on the right was nothing else than the symbol for the nazis in Germany

[@h7pretzel]

@@bruhdude6712 yea i think the swastika that the nazis used was rotated

[@christinem1458]

That first old guy seems like a sweet, wise person. I feel like I would learn a lot from talking with him.

[@placefeature5329]

He is you can tell. He also seems so happy!

[@zibaba1498]

yeah he can tell you stories about how they stick their enemies penises to the decapitated head of their enemies yeah

[@spiwolf6998]

He probably fought in Pearl Harbor.

[@JustFootyBro]

​@@spiwolf6998☠️

[@Augury-kd4nr]

Agreed

[@itsdjford]

Old dude knew exactly wtf was up

[@pdraggy]

He probably lived through it... or his father did and told him stories, first hand accounts

[@theobserver8162]

​​@@pdraggy Trust me, you didn't get it 💀

[@sooper_oof_gamer]

@@theobserver8162💀💀💀

[@Cory714]

YUPPPP PEOPLE FORGET

[@TheOnlyDTM]

because he lived thru it as a kid i bet

[@harshitpatil5242]

Legend know this is the kanji for BANKAI

[@幸福論-s2f]

卍解？

[@SemKeemink]

"I have a feeling they were the bad guys" 💀

[@Pvviolinist]

It’s a bit too perfect

[@elianaamicarelli3829]

And totally forgot they were ally with the bad guys 😅

[@orkellstefansson9601]

His ancestors say otherwise

[@catsneeze]

​@@orkellstefansson9601pls 😭😓

[@PinkMonkeyBird]

I know, how wrong he is 😂

[@richardtyler6472]

That’s actually crazy they don’t instantly know what that is.

[@MrQuigs1920]

They probably aren't teaching them "we teamed up with these horrible people in the past". I imagine they are vague about during the history lessons. Every nation seems to do this with education about their own history

[@DevPatel-hg3yw]

​@MrQuigs1920 In the U.S it's not like other countries think schools condition kids to realize the atrocities we committed that's why many people from the U.S dislike the U.S

[@koyomiararagl]

Crazy how the Americans also doesn't right And even more Still have a worse criminal rate, extremely worse educational system and even worse culture....

[@MrQuigs1920]

@DevPatel-hg3yw The dark part of US history I was taught mainly talked about how bad the south was during the Civil war. They probably have no problem teaching due to that being the confederate and now the current nation. I feel like they left out important stuff that really shows how much worse things were. Even now you hear about people wanting to try to have schools stop teaching about that era

[@macbook3562]

こんなに無知な日本人はいないよ

[@D00DACOW]

That’s so crazy. “If we don’t remember our history we are doomed to repeat it” rings so true here.

[@cashwaynemusic777]

Japan is doing fine though, except the declining birth rate.

[@chickenflavor9880]

Oh no we might get rid of the people in power causing our problems!!!

[@ikiproductions4888]

​@@cashwaynemusic777It is incredibly alarming that Japan seems to forget their horrible history.

[@JoshLevo]

@@ikiproductions4888 Its pathetic and shameful to stab your ancestors in the back for feeling guilty

[@matiasrostworowski5141]

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say here so sorry if I'm misunderstanding you, but the ancestors of many, maybe most, japanese people don't deserve a lot of respect. The vast majority of them either supported or directly participated in the rape and slaughter of millions of civilians. People shouldn't feel guilty about what their country did before they were born, but they should still at least no what happened.

[@riaryo1109]

This is a big mistake. I am Japanese, and many students study the Nazis. This is common sense.

[@riaryo1109]

We should all learn about the Nazis. We should never forget.

[@Random-gc8by]

“Looks like a band.” Probably one of the funniest responses. (Edit:Wow this comment blew up.)

[@DarkReptilian]

ah yes,. the famous band from the 30s Adolf and the Blondies

[@luispalao7418]

⁠@@DarkReptilianMy favorite album from them was Antisemitism. Such a classic.

[@Bound662]

He’s not wrong tho.

[@shibito5442]

​@@luispalao7418Yeah, their lead singer made it total fire

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

Of sorts

[@strikey706]

“It might be a band logo” Narrator : “It was indeed not a band logo”

[@BluePhoenixAlex]

Well it *is* a banned logo in a kot of paces lol

[@lunatheloudlab4315]

I thought they meant arm band by band

[@1987nightrap]

Technically it's a very strict crazy band

[@hieroglyphics1758]

Charlie and his Orchestra 😂

[@chicha7578]

funnily enough there were some vkei bands that used to dress in a military officer themed outfits with armbands that had that symbol

[@BlackHei711]

Major respect to the older gentleman.

[@Dakito_688]

Germany (Nazi): Guys remember me? India and Japan: Who are you again?

[@LadyPallas]

The older gentleman said some very wise words. People need to be educated about history, especially if it was a dark time for your country. If people don't remember what happened in the past and the outcomes, that is how history repeats itself. People need to be taught so that they can never make the same mistakes again.

[@liIdecky]

we should also be vigilant when the victims become the perpetrators.

[@MilesProwerUA]

It doesn't work like that. Even if people remember, they can still repeat history. Russia is a good example.

[@noctuabird]

@@MilesProwerUAwell what else is there to do? be complacent? by knowing the facts you can learn and apply or choose not do which is another form of complacent

[@MilesProwerUA]

@@noctuabird learning history is just pointless. If you want to do it you can, but it shouldn't be forced.

[@unitedbeast6614]

West should be properly educated about symbols. Too much hate

[@kioiswaiting]

“A band logo” Adolf and the Hitlers be putting out some gas songs

[@mzimy4468]

And hanging rhymes

[@flyingpiggy1475]

Asian countries had a very weird obsession with nazi culture and while it died out, I wouldn’t be surprised at the thought that these people may have seen it with a bad

[@specialaccount7631]

shits so fire it got me turnin to ash 🔥 🔥

[@Cologne.1948]

Those beats are pounding like artillery fire

[@oil_painted_dessert]

Technically it WAS a band logo… as in a logo on a band on one’s arm 😅

[@Hahayoureadmyname]

The lady saying “Who where they again” when referring to Nazis was probably the craziest thing I’ve heard in a while.

[@shikarics]

were*

[@Espanol-kt7vz]

@@shikarics it’s funny how you think this is an English test. Everything has to be perfect in your make believe fairytale world. Newsflash the world isn’t perfect so stop being a snob and trying to make it be.

[@gigachad5426]

@@Espanol-kt7vzcalm down pal

[@shikarics]

@@Espanol-kt7vz or I was actually trying to help since English ain't my first language either? lemme guess, you're an American

[@shikarics]

@@gigachad5426 fr lmao. bro pulled an entire paragraph out of his ass xD

[@riktz00]

It is a holy sing in Hinduism too, it's used for religious practices a lot, sometimes they draw it on their foreheads to ward off evil.

[@scan8501]

That old guy seems like a cool and chill person to hang out with

[@WorldCitizen-gz6fn]

It always frustrates me how ignorant media is and especially west which promoted hooked cross as Swastika It must be called German nazi party cross symbol. Did Germans called it Swastika. I don't think so unless they spoke sanskrit and not german Swastika is Sanskrit word meaning 'conducive to well-being'. It has been in Sanatan Dharma (Indian religions) for thousands of years. InHinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good lu

[@Goat.phomator666]

I don't blame these people if they don't know about history. Maybe they were just too busy to take care of their lives and loved ones that they don't care about the past. Who knows if the younger dude is a rocket scientist and expert in physics that he had no time to study for world war history.

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

He could have massacred untold amounts of POWs in WW2. Just a thought so i wouldn't jump the gun, son!

[@aliseifi8000]

He really is ❤

[@andrewjones4774]

“I have a feeling the Nazis were the bad guys?” So who’s gonna tell him?💀

[@Sumschmuck]

"Tojo, are we the baddies?"

[@hunterofdarkness8329]

Japan acting like they weren't part of the villains ☠️

[@huntergaddie4215]

USA was good?

[@denisdenis3358]

spoiler: they werent

[@crustywaffles1110]

Japan was worse 💀

[@aniversum_02]

"Looks like a band symbol" To be fair, they tried to go on a world tour

[@MrBROTHERFELDER]

Yeah, first they bombed, then they REALLY BOMBED!

[@gamer-yi3vp]

💀💀💀💀

[@dustinirish7]

Wow this one is the most underrated haha 😂😂😂

[@SteveRosa-mz7rx]

😅

[@SteveRosa-mz7rx]

They where outplayed by the Eagles

[@jszgarrison]

I think the older guy nailed it. Nobody is learning history.

[@wyattk300]

This is why it's so important to teach history comprehensively, even the bad parts matter and shouldn't be swept under the rug

[@FezMooseLive]

I've found myself wondering if it even matters? People who care to remember, will remember. (me, you, etc.) And those who wish to forget, can forget. What's in the past. Is the past, I'd hate to get angry at Germans or Japanese today for what their ancestors did. (A case of hate brewing due to the past is clear today with topics such as slavery in america. Look at Asia or Europe. Slaves existed forever, yet they dont bring it back up. )

[@marshalyoung9449]

@@FezMooseLive I feel as though there is a difference of being educated on your peoples history vs hating people based on their ancestors discissions. Reason being, something that one culture did to another may last for several generations even if the inciting incident is no longer occurring, being uneducated gives an excuse for the oppressor to claim ignorance or just say 'do better'. Additionally, I think if one was to learn about their own culture and history (which every culture practices to some degree) then it should be met with unbias since it could be easy to assume that 'we are the best peoples and we've done nothing wrong'. In a world where everyone was nice by principle I would have no problem with what you said but I think a little education can keep us grounded and maybe support those beneath us who may only be there because of our ancestors

[@FezMooseLive]

@@marshalyoung9449 I'm in total agreement. From day to day I learn more of my country's history. (United States) However I see it as not just a educators duty, but our duty as humans to teach one another. Some kids won't listen to teachers, but most will listen to friends or brothers/sisters, even parents. However, I'm in agreement. We should all be open to learning

[@funguy3259]

Honestly tho its funny to me how someone can go "Those, who think about the past, are certain to miss the future!" or something and everyone is like "So inspirational!" and then we still have history

[@SethNemah]

Tell that to the special needs/autistics that is SJWs, ANTIFA, BLM, Liberals, Democrats, and any other far left wokeists.

[@EyeofZai]

that older gentleman was very respectfully blunt. he hit the nail on the head. it’s very interesting to hear about what the swastika meant before the nazis appropriated it.

[@rizqikurniawan1764]

Plot twisted: he was Nazi when young 😂

[@rizqikurniawan1764]

Plot twisted: he was Nazi when young 😂

[@blazinbraixen9067]

​@rizqikurniawan1764 actually pretty much every surviving Japanese Nazi has since passed as of...I believe 2018? It was recent this man looks to be in his 60's 70s which would have placed him during the post war Era where they were repairing the damage done to Japan by the war. While it might be possible his father or mother was a nazi it's unlikely this man himself was one or ever supported them.

[@Memefish27]

They actually taught them rather than calling them stupid, I love Japanese people

[@matic117]

" i have a feeling nazis were the bad guys " -japanese person

[@MeMe-pj8ve]

He might be on to something.

[@bealu9459]

like bro you where the bad guys too

[@angrydragonslayer]

As the old guy says, they aren't taught a lot about this

[@AltAccountHandle]

@@bealu9459 y’all were too

[@appleseinvater]

​@@bealu9459 come on let's not forget Japan got nuked

[@King_Dan_Man]

We need to protect that old man and give him his own history class,, he's a relic of teaching about the past

[@tesseract9716]

wtf is this childish nonsence are you this shallow? You hear one sentance you agree with, and its a sentance with basic knowledge and you want to make this person the king of the world. You are to unstable

[@everythingallin4905]

Because he knows common knowledge? That comment, protect at all costs is overplayed.

[@King_Dan_Man]

@everythingallin4905 conmon knowledge is different from experience, he was probably a kid when WW2 was happening

[@michealjackson12121]

Y’all this guy is old he was alive when this was happening so he probably knew about it because it was happening around him

[@madmike022]

@@everythingallin4905Not in Japan. The horrors commited by Japan is heavily suppressed in education to serve their internal image.

[@altounedited3]

Germany: Japan: I don’t know her

[@Commielover69]

Germany refers itself as fatherland so it *him

[@milt0n290]

Japan: the people with the sick fits did what?😱

[@ЭстебанПантера]

And to think all those anime girls with nazi uniform and swasticas that I have seen in my teenage years.

[@kaidenn_4]

HAHA RIGHT

[@WMyzxW]

Him*

[@xboxkr]

Japan does not even reflect on the war crimes it committed.

[@pj7159]

That old man at the end is wise

[@3nigma.3nc]

What'd you expect? He likely experienced much more of the after shock that took place after 1945 and so he's very much aware of WWII and the role Japan played in it..

[@FutureKLX300SMowner]

Why are you being so confrontational about it lmao. All he did was say he's wise 😂. There was literally nothing to argue about in his message or to get annoyed by bro. Chill. ​@@3nigma.3nc edit: he re worded his comment.

[@NanoPanoGusano]

You don't have to be wise to know this

[@thatone3270]

No he just remembers💀

[@Just-Steve]

Bataan Death March what?