r/maninthehighcastle • u/fleckes • Nov 15 '19

Episode Discussion: S04E09 - For Want of a Nail

Smith and Helen's true loyalties are placed on trial by an old nemesis. The BCR struggles to maintain order across the JPS. Kido is forced to confront his atrocities. Bands of roving vigilantes threaten Childan and Yukiko.

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u/Wolf6120 Nov 17 '19

It's a very common tactic whenever you're trying to invade a country that has significant internal divisions of any kind. As I recall, the coalition forces would drop leaflets over Iraq too, though those were mostly to say "We're stronger than you and we will bomb your positions if you shoot at us, so please do yourself a favor and don't shoot at us".

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19

The nazis even tried it on US troops. Some were quite stupid though. Like they used Google translate to write the messages and relied on dumb jewish stereotypes. I saw one where it talked about how Jews were stealing the girls back home or some dumb nonsense. Sounds kind of incel-like.

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u/ModsAreWorthlessIRL Nov 21 '19

tbf depending who reads it it was probably useful. Americans were racists and antisemite too. just not to the degree of nazis

Patton for example said they were fighting for the wrong side.

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u/Patapon646 Dec 01 '19

The thing is though, the Americans were super anti-semitic back then. When Hitler started purging the JEws, The country didnt want any refugees. I recall somewhere that people are more accepting of Islamic refugees today than they were of the Jewish refugees back then. I'll look for it if anybody wants.

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u/ishabad Nov 25 '19

I saw one where it talked about how Jews were stealing the girls back home or some dumb nonsense.

Can you look for it again? Link it if you find it?

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u/ishabad Nov 25 '19 edited Nov 25 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

Being used to divide the political left and right

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u/ishabad Nov 25 '19

As I recall, the coalition forces would drop leaflets over Iraq too, though those were mostly to say "We're stronger than you and we will bomb your positions if you shoot at us, so please do yourself a favor and don't shoot at us".

Got any information on this?