If that were to be the standard… pretty much most nations would need to apologize for being imperial, colonial, warring, slave owning and supporting, religious persecution(s) religious imposition on others. It went on and it still is going on.
@AdmiralPrune Yeah and we've seen how that played out. Pretty much everyone is in agreement that had Hitler been defeated before he accrued as much power, rather than kicking the can down the road with totally futile "peace" attempts, WW2 would've been much shorter or could've even be avoided entirely. Pretty much the same idiotic error we're making with Russia right now.
The fascists did. Over 66% of the country didn't support that. Go check how Mussolini took power, it wasn't by democratic means, unlike Hitler, but essentially a royal decision following a violent takeover/march. The same royal that could've ended Mussolini's rule before it started. The last *fair* election, one year before, was won by Socialists. Italy's got rid of its monarchy ever since btw, after getting rid of Mussolini, to further remove that exploit. And that also happened via popular vote. Does Mussolini's fall resemble a defeat of the fascists, or a defeat of Italy, acknowledging all this? Go tell to whoever wrote that dumb headline.
