Talk:Rudol von Stroheim/@comment-36620971-20181010105304/@comment-4110939-20181010193655

It was the 80's; A time where the idea of depicting Nazis in media wasn't serious, because society unanimously agreed that Nazis were bad and caricaturizing them wasn't supposed to offend anyone.

Also, I doubt Araki was trying to normalize them in any capacity. One of the first things Stroheim does when he's introduced is have a bunch of Mexican people killed. And no, it's not painted as being anything but morally black. While my best excuse for Stroheim turning ally is because the protagonists had a common enemy, Araki made sure to depict the Nazis as despicable to the best of his ability within the story.