Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars
by Clubber on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @05:52PM
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An interesting anecdote, France weathered the world depression of the 30s much better than other countries because they kept getting reparation payments from Germany.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars
by r00fus on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:38PM
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When I hear this I think of the main plot of the fantasy book "The Magic of Recluse" [1] where the increase of Order (good) came with the resultant increase in Chaos (evil).
The analogy is that the Allied powers could probably have avoided the post-tranquility strife by not asking for The German Empire could not give.
By creating this imbalance, they fed the very outcome they dreaded (another Great War).
[2] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185253.The_Magic_of_Recl...
Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars
by thegreatpl on Thursday April 20, 2017 @10:07AM
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In the Recluse Saga Chaos is not evil, and Order is not good. It is exactly that. Order and Chaos. Albeit most Chaos wizards tend to be evil, and most Order wizards tend to appear more evil. A lot of the heroes in the saga are actually Grey, or those who use a balance between Chaos and Order. Cyador, for example, was a decent empire despite being inherently Chaos.