From: Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
Newsgroups: alt.politics,can.politics,nz.politics
Subject: Re: Armistice Day 2024
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 19:41:34 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:10:34 -0000 (UTC), Dhu on Gate wrote:
>
>> It's been a hundred and six years since the end of WW1.
>
>It was a war that was all about empires: France and Britain trying to
>ensure the dominance of their empires against upstart Germany
Absolutely wrong.
See https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I
Your political opinions are distorting your ability to understand the real
cause.
>, which was
>becoming a power in its own right and wanting an empire of its own. And
>also a chance to knock off the Ottoman Empire and steal parts of it while
>they were at it. Remember that both Italy and Japan were on the side of
>the Allies in that one.
>
>This was when the British Royal House got rid of their âSaxe-Coburg Gothaâ
>family name, to play down the fact that the Kaiser was their cousin, and
>adopted the more Pommy-sounding âWindsorâ.
>
>The war saw the complete destruction of the German economy. And opened a
>chance for a dictatorial strongman to take over -- you know, someone who
>could rally (most of) the people together by blaming all their troubles on
>some suitably defenceless scapegoat, like some traditionally-persecuted
>ethnic groups, and offer grand promises about Making Fatherland Great
>Again ...