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Re:‘Tipping point’ makes partisan polarization irreversible ... by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:17PM (#29505702)
> t may be worth noting that such was the polarization of Great Britain in WWII that Ireland remained officially neutral while London was being bombarded with rockets, and they went right back to bombing each other within a few years of the external threat being removed.

This is the first I’ve heard of this. Do you have any references that dig into this time and context that you could share?

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Re:‘Tipping point’ makes partisan polarization irreversible ... by native_samples on Friday December 10, 2021 @05:08AM (#29508272)
Well, Ireland was neutral in World War 2 and the IRA actually allied itself with the Nazis. See "Operation Dove". "Enemy of my enemy is my friend" sort of thing.

Fact is, a bunch of European countries refused to fight the Nazis, or only declared war on them right at the very end when the Allies had already defeated them. It's never widely discussed because it's kind of shameful for those states. If the Allies had fallen, so would all the neutral countries and they wouldn't have been treated well by Hitler. They let the Brits, Americans and Russians fight, whilst sitting back and waiting to be saved.

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