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23. Yes they survived Hitler but that was after millions of innocent people died.

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Sun Feb 9, 2020, 05:54 PM

Feb 2020

We don't want a repeat of that whether we will survive it in the long run or not.

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Reminder: Germany survived Hitler. [View all] garybeck Feb 2020 OP

Now there's an inspiring thought! struggle4progress Feb 2020 #1

i hope you understood my intent. garybeck Feb 2020 #3

Of course. But consider your arguments carefully struggle4progress Feb 2020 #29

There were still buildings like those when I was in East Berlin in the 1970s. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #33

Germany survived Hitler with the help of the US. jls4561 Feb 2020 #2

well, last i heard garybeck Feb 2020 #11

The world is undergoing a wave of authoritarianism in the guise of populism, and Putin is ... Hekate Feb 2020 #42

This. We're in very different times esp. with growing anti democratic appalachiablue Feb 2020 #63

I really have to ask: what is "neoliberalism" & why is it responsible for the demise of democracy? Hekate Feb 2020 #71

The term characterizes economic policies that were begun appalachiablue Feb 2020 #72

Easy to say Dave in VA Feb 2020 #4

i agree with you garybeck Feb 2020 #8

garybeck Dave in VA Feb 2020 #10

Great, so we might have a better country after millions are slaughtered? unblock Feb 2020 #5

agreed. i hope garybeck Feb 2020 #7

This. Adsos Letter Feb 2020 #9

I guess i failed at portraying the true intent of my post. garybeck Feb 2020 #13

That is a worry. Lets hope it doesn't come to that. nt Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #17

At least Hitler liked dogs, who knows the unthinkable dewsgirl Feb 2020 #6

I don't think we want to know the way in which donnie likes dogs... unblock Feb 2020 #12

Oh no!😉 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #15

Loved dogs and was a vegatarian as well... Falcata Feb 2020 #35

And supplied each of his troops with, love dolls. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #36

Yes, unfortunately too many Germans. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2020 #14

excellent post steve2470 Feb 2020 #68

This is by far the worst take I've seen this year greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #16

my apologies. i dont think you understood my intent. garybeck Feb 2020 #18

what was the butcher's bill? 60 million or so? Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #19

That's what I keep asking myself, Voltaire: who is there to be "the Allies," especially who will ... Hekate Feb 2020 #40

Germany only survived Hitler because Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin decided it would DFW Feb 2020 #20

. . . and hitler screwed u big time with a 2 front war empedocles Feb 2020 #27

"u"? DFW is an American Hekate Feb 2020 #39

hitler 'screwed uP'. Thank you. Lost that 'p' without noticing it. empedocles Feb 2020 #46

Germany was split in two and occupied by foreign nations for 50 years TeamPooka Feb 2020 #21

No it didn't edhopper Feb 2020 #22

Yes they survived Hitler but that was after millions of innocent people died. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #23

They only had to be destroyed first DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #24

Stalin was responsible for about 20 million leftyladyfrommo Feb 2020 #25

Yeah, but Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #26

Millions and millions and millions and millions of people did not. Iggo Feb 2020 #28

After it was reduced to rubble with millions killed and displaced jberryhill Feb 2020 #30

Ask Dresden how that worked out misanthrope Feb 2020 #31

How many dead between 1933 and 1945? PCIntern Feb 2020 #32

Germany paid a terrible price Botany Feb 2020 #34

After they were righteously bombed to rubble for murdering millions of human beings Hekate Feb 2020 #37

So around 30 million IS citizens will die before this is all over?!?! Great uponit7771 Feb 2020 #38

4 out of 5 Poles survived World War 2 Strelnikov_ Feb 2020 #41

Most Polish Jews didn't. And those who managed to return from the camps... Hekate Feb 2020 #43

I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. Strelnikov_ Feb 2020 #47

This is seriously weird, Strelnikov. What are you channelling, or ingesting? Hekate Feb 2020 #49

Sorry Strelnikov_ Feb 2020 #56

Ahhhh, sorry I mussed --I mean missed-- that reference! Hekate Feb 2020 #59

If you've never watched "Dr Strangelove", you really should. Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #60

I have, but only after I was well into middle age. I know I never saw it in the theaters... Hekate Feb 2020 #62

And millions died. Autumn Feb 2020 #44

Yeah and nuclear winter will solve global warming. tandem5 Feb 2020 #45

This is...badly worded. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #48

Which is why we should never, under any circumstances give Nazis and white supremacists a platform. Initech Feb 2020 #50

Not with its soul intact. Squinch Feb 2020 #51

Sure we will. just in time for global chaos from climate change. good grief. we have an Kurt V. Feb 2020 #52

It seems that you see Hitler and WWII and the Holocaust PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #53

The whole world had to fight. That is not a place we want to go near. applegrove Feb 2020 #54

Sorry, even with the biggest grain of salt I could dole out.... this is bad, just bad. n/t JustFiveMoreMinutes Feb 2020 #55

Oh, yeah. That Holocaust thing was a shame, but thank God Almighty that Germany survived. Shaddox Feb 2020 #57

With an immense military effort involving all the major powers Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #58

Germany survived Hitler because of the US and Soviet Union OliverQ Feb 2020 #61

As a gay Jew....not a very comforting analogy. Behind the Aegis Feb 2020 #64

50-75 million D E A D. GeorgeGist Feb 2020 #65

With a butcher's bill of well over 60 million, this is your hot take?! obamanut2012 Feb 2020 #66

I know you meant well, but... steve2470 Feb 2020 #67

They didn't immediately and were divided into East and West treestar Feb 2020 #69

Good reminder! n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2020 #70