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> We don't blame current political decisions (including stuff like what Isis did) purely on circumstances. People who study politics absolutely use circumstanc
by TheAdamAndChe 5y ago
> We don't blame current political decisions (including stuff like what Isis did) purely on circumstances.
People who study politics absolutely use circumstances to explain political outcomes. Historians discuss the economic impacts of WW1 when talking about the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. People discuss the complex political history of the middle east and its long history of resisting superpowers combined with the power vacuum when the US left the region when discussing the rise of ISIS. Power vacuums and food/water scarcity are often the root cause of political instability.
Crazy individuals do crazy things, but those crazy individuals gaining power is always a result of the political system in place at the time.
- watwut 5y ago> Historians discuss the economic impacts of WW1 when talking about the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. The discuss it a little. The books I have read about rise of Hitler did not blamed "economic impacts of WW1" all that much. That was far from being a single or primary thing. The choices, values and opinions of major actors plays huge relo.