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[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 82 points 1 month ago (31 children)

reminder that the world did not enjoy it the last time Europeans were super powerful

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, they all hated each other and their internal beer hall brawl spilled out over the borders. It wasn’t that Europe was any kind of united force. Maybe it’s time. We’re fucked in the US, now.

Though I gotta admit it’s ironic AF that the Allies set up Germany with a far better constitution/Grundgesezt and government framework than our own Constitution which ended up essentially frozen because politics have gotten so bad that opening it up would have probably destroyed whatever good remained in it thanks to talibangelicals and corporate money.

[–] MBM 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think they were talking about colonialism, not WW2

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, yeah that was a bad time for the rest of the world too.

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