Ghostiger,Aug 21 2005, 01:57 PM Wrote:2
"Nazism is the evil offspring of capitalism, though."
Thats false - at least in the relative manner you relayed it.
History shows that Communism(not socialism) gets stuck in a totalitarian state.
Fascism on the other hand seems to be a result a bankrupt economy. Nazies never could have rose to power if France et al had not made a concious effort to keep Germany weak.
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Nazism rose to power because they were backed by communist russia. Did you know that many if not most of the better german generals in WW2 actually studied warfare in the USSR in the 1920's? They were also allowed wargames on Soviet soil during those times, when they were prohibited from that as a result of their loss in WW1.
The USSR was largely responsible for WW2 also. Let's see... 1939 - Germany grabs Poland... 1/2 of Poland. The other 1/2 is grabbed by the USSR, accompanied by their murder of 10s of thousands of Polish officers and later on blaming it on the Nazis. Russian-German non-aggression pact. It made sure that the Nazis could concentrate on fighting the inept French and the determined but weak British and not have to worry about the big smelly bear to the East who's army was easily 5-6 times the size of the German army.
Besides, people forget or simply do not know that while Germany was grabbing it's share, the USSR was helping their german friends out by giving it to Europe from the other end. Poland, parts of Rumania, the 3 Baltic states, attack on Finland.
So, France and England might have tried to keep Germany weak, but the USSR helped make Germany strong. Ultimately, it is the USSR (along with Germany) that is responsible for WW2 just as earlier it was in no small way responisble for the rise of the Nazis.
-A