• GBU_28
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      The alternative being global communism in the 19-teens.

      • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        14
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        10 months ago

        Sure, but a lot of other humans didn’t. Can’t much write off an entire species because we failed to prevent an outlier from gaining power for a little while.

        • null@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          6
          ·
          10 months ago

          Also can’t much attribute all the complexities of both wars to just “capitalism” either. That was my point.

          • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            11
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            10 months ago

            Yes you can? Capitalism was very much at the root of the conflict. It can accurately be reduced to capitalism. You can elaborate and provide further detail to how it happened, but that doesn’t change the big picture.

            • null@slrpnk.net
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              4
              arrow-down
              5
              ·
              10 months ago

              Of course you can over-simplify everything. You can do whatever you want!

              • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                10
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                10 months ago

                There is a difference between simplifying and oversimplifying. Just like there is a difference between nuance and losing the forest for the trees.

      • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        10 months ago

        The larger causes were interimperial squabbling which is inevitable when capitalism reaches the stage of competing for foreign markets.