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[volpunter]

I find the following much more applicable:

"you can’t fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country."

"In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty."

Not that I'm agreeing with you re the control of the nation's banks and capital, but I was reminded of this...

“History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.”

― Will Durant, The Lessons of History

 

[volpunter]

The world dies with political correctness. Speak out what you really want to say instead of wrapping it into multiple layers of intelligent sounding phrases. Intelligence is contained in content not onion peels.

They were that. But over the years I have come to somewhat agree with the critics that accuse them of a deterministic history.

 

[Ricter]

The world dies with political correctness. Speak out what you really want to say instead of wrapping it into multiple layers of intelligent sounding phrases. Intelligence is contained in content not onion peels.

Fair enough, but one should first have clarity of mind and a compassionate heart, else it's better to simply hold one's tongue. I say that aware of my own missteps.

 

[d08]

Once again... it is time for a history lesson - this was one of the two proposed plans put forward by America for the re-structuring of Germany after the war. The Morgenthau Plan put forward by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau was punitive and called for the "pastoralization" of Germany. An alternate plan put forward by U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson called for the re-building of Germany after the war, it was eventually adopted and driven as the Marshall Plan.

The Morgenthau Plan called for the elimination of all German industry. No planes, no rail, no factories, no autos, no engines, and no military equipment -- the remaining Germans could farm as if they lived in the 1700s. The plan called for a long term military occupation government (which would have left the East/West situation with the Russians exactly as it was). The Morgenthau Plan also called for guilty Germans to be shipped to other countries to work off their debt by re-building the other nations for their crimes - the definition of "guilty" being anyone who supported the German government in any manner.

Whenever I hear German citizens like volpunter constantly pushing hatred of the United States and Jews, I believe they need a harsh reminder that it is fortunate we adopted the Marshall Plan to re-build Germany - and the only reason they enjoy the freedoms & economic success that they do today is because of the benevolence of the U.S. government & taxpayers who supported the Marshall Plan and the Banks (some with Jewish executives) who supported the necessary monetary arrangements.

Yes, and I pointed out that your thinking is flawed as you don't realize that no historical occurrence happens in isolation. Paraphrasing so many patriotic Americans over the years - "you'd be speaking Russian now if it wasn't for (x)".
You also assume Morgenthau's plan would've worked and wouldn't have backfired in any way.

We could also follow your logic and say "all Americans should be thankful the rest of the world hasn't come together and invaded the country from all sides". But I'm not irrational in my arguments and therefore won't say this.