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From: Don <g@crcomp.net>
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Subject: Jedem das seine
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 20:32:13 -0000 (UTC)
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Paul S Person wrote:

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> "To each his own" (or "to each as he deserves") appears to be the
> actual translation of "Jedem das seine", which is a literal German
> translation of Latin "suum cuique".
>
> After many centuries of honorable use, it was besmirched by the Nazis.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedem_das_Seine> and has been the death
> of several advertising campaigns.

"To each as he deserves" might be mangled Marxism. You know: "From each
according to his ability, to each according to his needs."

Danke,

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