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The Allies defeated Germany, not the British.

by jackstraw42 1y ago

JackFr 1y ago
From June 4, 1940 to June 22, 1941 Britain faced Hitler alone.
- jackstraw42 1y ago
  I'm not saying they didn't. But Britain didn't defeat Germany alone, and certainly didn't get the entire share of control after Germany was defeated. And after that the further decline of the UK showed that the power was shifting into the hands of those with wealth anyway, and here we are. Since around Nixon (maybe?) there has been a gradual post-WW2 deregulation that really accelerated under Reagan and now with Trump its accelerating again. More and more keeps shifting into the hands of unelected, wealthy individuals who see that their power keeps growing and growing and as far as I can tell, won't stop until they have it all. It doesn't make any sense to me why that looks like a stable world to them, but the one thing that is certain is that there is no 2nd amendment that will stop the billionaire club.
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delichon 1y ago
It turns out that the British were one of the allies and about 380,000 of them died fighting the Nazis, so they have a good claim to having defeated Germany, with help from their friends.
- jackstraw42 1y ago
  Yes, I am not downplaying the role of the British and hoped no one would take it that way. The British were the first on alert as far as I know, and without them it would have been a whole lot worse. USA swoops in towards the end (a large cost as well, but not as much of it and not on their doorstep) and takes a big role in creating the new world.
- giraffe_lady 1y ago
  Reassuring to hear that the british consider soviets their friends. Not joking.
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- immibis 1y ago
  If we're going by those numbers, Germany was defeated by the USSR, and the British were the friends who helped.
ThrowMeAway1618 1y ago
And definitely not those cheese-eating surrender monkeys[0], amirite? Wow! That was hard work. I'm hungry. Gonna go get me some freedom fries. Yum! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkey...
- jackstraw42 1y ago
  Do you understand what I was trying to say?

The Allies defeated Germany, not the British.

JackFr 1y ago

From June 4, 1940 to June 22, 1941 Britain faced Hitler alone.

jackstraw42 1y ago
I'm not saying they didn't. But Britain didn't defeat Germany alone, and certainly didn't get the entire share of control after Germany was defeated. And after that the further decline of the UK showed that the power was shifting into the hands of those with wealth anyway, and here we are. Since around Nixon (maybe?) there has been a gradual post-WW2 deregulation that really accelerated under Reagan and now with Trump its accelerating again. More and more keeps shifting into the hands of unelected, wealthy individuals who see that their power keeps growing and growing and as far as I can tell, won't stop until they have it all. It doesn't make any sense to me why that looks like a stable world to them, but the one thing that is certain is that there is no 2nd amendment that will stop the billionaire club.
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delichon 1y ago

It turns out that the British were one of the allies and about 380,000 of them died fighting the Nazis, so they have a good claim to having defeated Germany, with help from their friends.

jackstraw42 1y ago
Yes, I am not downplaying the role of the British and hoped no one would take it that way. The British were the first on alert as far as I know, and without them it would have been a whole lot worse. USA swoops in towards the end (a large cost as well, but not as much of it and not on their doorstep) and takes a big role in creating the new world.
giraffe_lady 1y ago
Reassuring to hear that the british consider soviets their friends. Not joking.
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immibis 1y ago
If we're going by those numbers, Germany was defeated by the USSR, and the British were the friends who helped.

ThrowMeAway1618 1y ago

And definitely not those cheese-eating surrender monkeys[0], amirite? Wow! That was hard work. I'm hungry. Gonna go get me some freedom fries. Yum! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkey...

jackstraw42 1y ago
Do you understand what I was trying to say?