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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Jul 18, 2014 23:41:30 GMT
This question is aimed at Anna, but anyone can join in.
Curiosity question.
Do you think most Germans are now happy that they lost both world wars?
Seems to me they're pretty well off now.
Hard to imagine what life would be like now if Hitler had won.
Is this something that German people openly discuss?
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jul 20, 2014 23:49:12 GMT
This question is aimed at Anna, but anyone can join in. Curiosity question. Do you think most Germans are now happy that they lost both world wars? Seems to me they're pretty well off now. Hard to imagine what life would be like now if Hitler had won. Is this something that German people openly discuss? The Germans are much more likely to adher to the conspiracies theories surrounding the 2 world wars. Of course after the war they paid a lot of lip service to the US and allied occupiers. Food was rationed and no one wanted their families to go hungry because they expressed a political opinion that the allied occupiers didn't like.
Economically they're well off, but the economy is declining.
Most Germans don't really think about the past much and a lot of the younger ones couldn't care less. I have on occaison met the Jewish conspiracy theorists and it amazes me that they keep trying to turn J.P. Morgan, the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, etc. into Jews. Silly IMO.
IMO if Hitler won he wouldn't have lasted longer than Stalin, Franco or Mao. The extreme Keynesian economics of mega big governments doesn't work for long. Such cult dictators seduce one generation, but that's it.
Germans don't care much to discuss history openly because they don't want to dwell on it and the censorship laws haven't been relaxed so a public debate with a defender of the 3rd Reich would end with the later being arrested.
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Jul 24, 2014 19:19:02 GMT
IMO if Hitler won he wouldn't have lasted longer than Stalin, Franco or Mao. The extreme Keynesian economics of mega big governments doesn't work for long. Such cult dictators seduce one generation, but that's it.
Germans don't care much to discuss history openly because they don't want to dwell on it and the censorship laws haven't been relaxed so a public debate with a defender of the 3rd Reich would end with the later being arrested. [/quote]
Interesting points Anna. Thanks for replying.
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