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Re: An armed society...
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Date: 
Fri, 25 Jan 2002 04:32:36 GMT
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> So no nation would gain by taking the goods of another?  I don't see that WWII
> happened because Germany was trying to break into Polish, French, or
> Austrian market economies.  They wanted to take their stuff (foremost of
> which (I guess) was productive capacity).  It was simple thuggery.  How has • the
> EC changed that?

Prior to WWII Germany was in debt to france for reparations from WWI.  It was
also in the midst of a huge economic crisis.  It was literally cheaper to burn
money than it was to buy coal.

-Mike Petrucelli



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(...) Maybe I am sticking my nose where it does not belong, but I find it unlikely that countries with insurmountable debt are the only countries that would be inclined to invade other countries. As I understand it, prior to WW2, most nations were (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) chance (...) the (...) Well, for a start, anyone who happens to be shooting at me. Even if they're doing it in support of a nation-idea against which I am fighting. (...) So no nation would gain by taking the goods of another? I don't see that (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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