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Not really. If reparations were seen as a fee for remaining independent country they could be very fair given the alternative. Instead, after WWI it was pretty
by scotty79 2y ago
Not really. If reparations were seen as a fee for remaining independent country they could be very fair given the alternative.
Instead, after WWI it was pretty much business as usual and reparations felt like unfair toll of unfair, technical loss.
Giving away half of Germany to the Russians after WWII sent the right message.
- coldtea 2y ago>If reparations were seen as a fee for remaining independent country they could be very fair given the alternative. That would be an ever greater insult. Instead of merely unfair, they'd be seen as both unfair and insulting - and threatening ("Our independency is at their mercy? Fuck them at the first opportunity we get!").
- scotty79 2y agoThat level of insult seemed to work perfectly for Germany and Japan after WW2. Look how polite they are after occupation and giving away half of the country to Russians.
- coldtea 2y agoWell, they didn't really give anything away voluntarily. They lost a war, and got to suffer that as a consequence under postWW2 arrangments (and that was the light option, more like a slap on the wrist: they were also plans to fully deindustrialize and starve them to death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthau_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthau_Plan ). And they're building up a liking to fascism and national arrogance again in the last few decades. The Japanese too - which never repented for their attrocities to China either.