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#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History

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Is That the Right Narrative?

I view him as such a hero. He believed that he's indestructible, which is survivor bias, and that bullets can't hurt him. And of course, basically everyone that he quickly rose to the ranks, let's just put it this way, because everybody died. It was just bodies, draggonies, heavy machine guns,. Like always slowly retreating, shooting and retreating, shootingAnd I don't know, he was a hero to me. But when I think about the right way to think about that war, I'm not sure if that's the correct narrative. If you're too concerned about your own life, you become less of a good guy at your job,

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