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> The whole concept of "Lebensraum" seems like insanity today More room = more people = more power is insane to you?
by hubert123 10y ago
> The whole concept of "Lebensraum" seems like insanity today
More room = more people = more power is insane to you?
- beaconstudios 10y agoI think they meant insanely unethical, which it is.
- gpawl 10y ago"insane" is only a synonym for "extreme" when speaking in loose slang.
- jwdunne 10y agoI think the truth in this point lies in the fact that this was when the British Empire was still around and held large swathes of land with sway over large numbers of people. That plus the German Empire lost large amounts of land after the great war. It wasn't insane to pursue land. Not at that time. The reasons, "science" and supremacism that surrounded it? Yes. Unfortunately, the kind that sweeps a broken, defeated nation under a spell, a mass delusion of grandeur.
- mwfunk 10y agoInsanely barbaric, when the "more room" part means taking it from other people. And when it's rationalized by racial and national mythology, then yes, it is absolutely insane.
- emmelaich 10y agoUnfortunately some of those "other people" in other nations considered themselves German. And still do.
- revelation 10y agoThis is still what drives politics today. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/History_... You have to get pretty creative to explain why the US are sprinkling missile interceptors ever closer to Russian soil without considering "mad power drive".
- beaconstudios 10y agoI don't see how ongoing cold war tension between the US and Russia constitutes a form of Lebensraum.