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The West and east Germany split was a form of reparations, including conceding and dismantling of the German industry and railroad system. The key however is t
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The West and east Germany split was a form of reparations, including conceding and dismantling of the German industry and railroad system.
The key however is that such reparations are not being continued, nor are they repaying the full cost of the damages cause to every person on the planet that was impacted by the war. No amount of reparations can make right the wrong of world war 2.
If we just look at the dollar amount, according to the britannica, the money cost to governments involved has been estimated at more than $1,000,000,000,000 (in 1945), which does not account for the human costs (the cost of slavery in Amercia is mostly about human cost). The reparations that Germany has paid is nowhere near those.
If we imagine them having a debt of $1,000,000,000,000, the inflation alone would be around the same as their GDP.