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War reparations gave us the Nazis, so they clearly don’t work. And compassion has given us everything we have seen thus far in history so we can conclude that t

War reparations gave us the Nazis, so they clearly don’t work. And compassion has given us everything we have seen thus far in history so we can conclude that too is ineffective.

westurner 2y ago
Reparations certainly deterred further violent fascist statism in post WWII Germany. Unfortunately the Berlin Wall. WWI reparations were initially assessed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_reparations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_reparations Dulles, Dawes Plan > Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Plan > Dawes won the 1925 Nobel Prize, WWI reparations obligations were reduced Then the US was lending them money and steel because it was so bad there, and then we learned they had been building tanks and bombs with our money instead of railroads and peaceful jobs. Business collaboration with Nazi Germany > British, Swiss, US, Argentinian and Canadian banks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Na... And then the free money rug was pulled out from under them, and then the ethnic group wouldn't sell their paintings to help pay the debts of the war and subsequent central economic mismanagement. And then they invaded various continents, overextended themselves when they weren't successfully managing their own country's economy, and the Allied powers eventually found the art (and gold) and dropped the bomb developed by various ethnic groups in the desert and that was that. Except for then WWII reparations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations The US still occupies or inhabits Germany, which is Russia's neighbor. Trump was $400 million in debt to Deutsche Bank AG (of Germany and Russia now) and had to underwrite said loan himself due to prior defaults. Nobody but Deutsche Bank would loan Trump (Trump Vodka, University,) money prior to 2016. Also Russian state banks like VEB, they forgot to mention. Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia > Timeline of Trump business activities related to Russia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia#Timeline_of_Trump_business_activities_related_to_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_... It looks like - despite attempted bribes of foreign heads of state with free apartment - there will not be a Trump Tower Moscow. "Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany" (2021) https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-military-facilities-europe-lloyd-austin-ff57f288a1bb3e5a38e3253ea0b94d80 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-military-f...
- westurner 2y ago
  > art (and gold) "The Monuments Men" (2014) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monuments_Men https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monuments_Men

War reparations gave us the Nazis, so they clearly don’t work. And compassion has given us everything we have seen thus far in history so we can conclude that too is ineffective.

westurner 2y ago

Reparations certainly deterred further violent fascist statism in post WWII Germany. Unfortunately the Berlin Wall. WWI reparations were initially assessed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_reparations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_reparations Dulles, Dawes Plan > Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Plan > Dawes won the 1925 Nobel Prize, WWI reparations obligations were reduced Then the US was lending them money and steel because it was so bad there, and then we learned they had been building tanks and bombs with our money instead of railroads and peaceful jobs. Business collaboration with Nazi Germany > British, Swiss, US, Argentinian and Canadian banks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Na... And then the free money rug was pulled out from under them, and then the ethnic group wouldn't sell their paintings to help pay the debts of the war and subsequent central economic mismanagement. And then they invaded various continents, overextended themselves when they weren't successfully managing their own country's economy, and the Allied powers eventually found the art (and gold) and dropped the bomb developed by various ethnic groups in the desert and that was that. Except for then WWII reparations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations The US still occupies or inhabits Germany, which is Russia's neighbor. Trump was $400 million in debt to Deutsche Bank AG (of Germany and Russia now) and had to underwrite said loan himself due to prior defaults. Nobody but Deutsche Bank would loan Trump (Trump Vodka, University,) money prior to 2016. Also Russian state banks like VEB, they forgot to mention. Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia > Timeline of Trump business activities related to Russia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia#Timeline_of_Trump_business_activities_related_to_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_... It looks like - despite attempted bribes of foreign heads of state with free apartment - there will not be a Trump Tower Moscow. "Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany" (2021) https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-military-facilities-europe-lloyd-austin-ff57f288a1bb3e5a38e3253ea0b94d80 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-military-f...

westurner 2y ago
> art (and gold) "The Monuments Men" (2014) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monuments_Men https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monuments_Men