• thefartographer
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    6 months ago

    Wait, so the French Revolution was repeated by the US at the end of WWI trying to help the German economy and then when Americans should have been blaming insider trading and corruption, instead they were like, “eh, suicide is easier than building a guillotine?”

    Also, I don’t get the comparison…

    • stoly@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Germany in 1923 was a destitute country because the world decided that Germany was responsible for raparations to every country they affected during WWI. This destroyed their economy and ruined the lives of millions of innocent civilians, which really lead the way for Hitler and the Nazis to take power after. I don’t know what specifically is important about 1923 here, so there may be some reference I’m missing.

      I’m not understanding your reference to France in the last message.