Andrea Junker 
1923: Hitler’s failed coup.
No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.
1933: Hitler takes power.
I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.
Art - US Expat in Spain@Strandjunker The one major difference (although I'm still concerned). Germany, during the rise of Hitler, was economically shattered and any con man promising to make Germany great again was an easier message to swallow.
Micio Bertoldo@azphilosopher @Strandjunker
Mostly wars were started to deviate the attention from e. g. unbalanced economies or other national problems...
Mostly wars were started to deviate the attention from e. g. unbalanced economies or other national problems...
rexi@Micio @azphilosopher @Strandjunker
imagine if #Putin had applied for #Russia's EU membership mid-2008, when the Ruble was up.
According to me it would have been a much safer, forward oriented and prosperous Russia -- and Europe.
xs4me2@rexi @Micio @azphilosopher @Strandjunker
Imagine if Putin would have been Gandhi you mean? Almost from the start it was clear how this dictator and former KGB agent full of resentment would develop.
@xs4me2 @Micio @azphilosopher @Strandjunker
no, not what I mean.
he still would have had megalomaniacal ambitions, and would have stretched the feasibility of Europe -- but, differently.
@rexi @Micio @azphilosopher @Strandjunker
If any, Yeltsin should have made different choices. Putin cultivated the NATO dolchstoss legend almost from the start. He is a vile dictator.
The Russian Federation lost its right to exist. It needs deweaponization and deputization. Otherwise it will stay a threat to worldpeace.