Thats the same excuse ww2 German soldiers used, “I know its wrong to boil jew children and make soap out of them but o’ well, orders are orders haha lolkbye” or “well it’s just my job, I’m not really complicit, right?”
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”.
Thats the same excuse ww2 German soldiers used, “I know its wrong to boil jew children and make soap out of them but o’ well, orders are orders haha lolkbye” or “well it’s just my job, I’m not really complicit, right?”
🙄 Pathetic
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
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”.