Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on...
by trynumber9 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:52AM
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A few good governments too. Wilson, usually rated in the top 10 presidents, ran with "America First" and "He Kept Us Out" for his re-election. We joined the war only a month after his re-inauguration. In hindsight, that was likely for the best but it seems a misrepresentation.
Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on...
by Arizhel on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:17AM
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How was that for the best? American involvement in WWI led to the Treaty of Versailles which was the direct cause of Hitler and WWII. All of that could have been avoided if America had just stayed uninvolved.
Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on...
by flukus on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:30AM
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> In hindsight, that was likely for the best but it seems a misrepresentation.
Was it? American involvement created a decisive winner in what would have been a stalemate. Imagine if Versailles hadn't been so one sided?
Most of the worst dictators and tyrants in the world didn't start off at 'maximum mayhem'. They tend to start with lies, misinformation, subterfuge and misrepresentations, then they move up to things like false accusations, inquisitions, persecution and the like.
Every step just makes it easier to move closer to full blown deportations, incarcerations & executions etc.
A bit harder to stop them at the last step, when you have allowed the previous 99 steps to go unquestioned.