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> What did your country do to make others hate it? You have a very simplistic view of geopolitics. What did Poland do to Germany in 1939 to make Germany hate
by hota_mazi 9y ago
> What did your country do to make others hate it?
You have a very simplistic view of geopolitics.
What did Poland do to Germany in 1939 to make Germany hate it? What did the Jews do to the Nazis to make them hate them so much?
Wars get started for all kinds of reasons, some predictable, others not. It's a simple matter of survival to equip yourself as best you can to defend yourself.
- calcifer 9y ago> It's a simple matter of survival to equip yourself as best you can to defend yourself. And when was the last time the US actually defended its own territory instead of invading somone elses?
- hota_mazi 9y agoNice straw man. Let us know when you want to join the actual conversation.
- calcifer 9y agoHow is that a strawman? You said "it's a matter of survival" to "defend yourself" and I'm saying that's not really a valid argument for the country in the article.
- Can_Not 9y ago> Hegemonic stability theory (HST) is a theory of international relations, rooted in research from the fields of political science, economics, and history. HST indicates that the international system is more likely to remain stable when a single nation-state is the dominant world power, or hegemon. Not that I explicitly agree, but there is some theory. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory