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Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by segmondy on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:06PM (#23014498)
If you wanna go that route, then actually, the Spanish flu is what led to the WW2. ;-)

US President Woodrom Wilson cam down with flu, had a stroke and early retirement from public life. So he couldn't persuade US govt to join the newly formed League of Nations or ratify the Treaty of Versailles. He didn't support punitive measure against German state. Since US was no longer part of process, German paid hard. Hyper inflation took hold, 4marks to a dollar ended up 4 billion marks for a dollar. That hardship and resentment is the environment the fueled Hitler and brought him support. Interesting reading, "The Spanish Flu epidemic and it's influence on history"

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Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by unhomedcoder on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @11:59PM (#23015194)
i bet Hitler never once forgot about the period of time between 1911-1915 when he was impoverished, unemployable and homeless.

it's funny how a cruel and exploitive economy tends to backfire when the one wrong guy is crushed by it, and then dedicates his life to overthrowing that economy.

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