RobertAnderson2 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 2 days ago“Arrest Putin”hexbear.netimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1image“Arrest Putin”hexbear.netRobertAnderson2 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 2 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoGiving a regional industrial power a massive reparations bill as a symbolic dick waving exercise has historically gone really well for international stability.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoit was fine when germany did it to france though. IIRC the french just ended up paying it. also, germany was in the process of getting away with not paying most of the reparations that were in the versailles treaty. so no, reparations being high was not the reason for germany going full nazi.
minus-squareAOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoIt was just one excuse among many fascists always invent to feel oppressed, they have to invent them because there’s nothing there but their own boot
Giving a regional industrial power a massive reparations bill as a symbolic dick waving exercise has historically gone really well for international stability.
it was fine when germany did it to france though. IIRC the french just ended up paying it.
also, germany was in the process of getting away with not paying most of the reparations that were in the versailles treaty.
so no, reparations being high was not the reason for germany going full nazi.
It was just one excuse among many fascists always invent to feel oppressed, they have to invent them because there’s nothing there but their own boot