Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by antonymoose on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:28PM
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Considering the Soviet strategy of stripping assets from the East and the fact that Britain and France were broke and in shambles - yes, the Marshall plan deserves great credit. To this day East German states remain the poorest in the nation.
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by UncleMeat on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:08PM
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Oh yes and we can totally expect a new Marshall plan from the fascists who have decided to slash USAID.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by ashtakeaway on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:51PM
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Cosplaying as a Soviet is so 1990s...
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by pqtyw on Monday January 05, 2026 @02:11PM
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To be fair they had kind of started implementing the Morgenthau Plan until they realized that maybe it wasn't the best idea (and the British played a significant role in convincing the US government about that...)
1945 to ~1947 were very rough in Germany even in the allied occupation zones (and that was at least partially an outcome of a conscious decision by the allies to not allow German industry to recover)