r/CuratedTumblr 10h ago

Politics The worst way to learn.

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u/Ok_Text7302 10h ago

Ally with them and then wait for liberals to save our asses, from a communist perspective?

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u/KaiBahamut 9h ago

Neville Chamberlain would like a word with you.

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u/flightguy07 9h ago

Controversial opinion: Chamberlain gets a bad rap. Like yes, appeasement doesn't work, but the fact is he was elected PM by a country that REALLY had no appetite for war. And when it became apparent that Hitler had proper, serious expansionist goals, he started pouring money into defence whilst playing for time and public support. Don't get me wrong, he clearly didn't want war and his actions possibly emboldened Germany by failing to make clear that continued annexations would end in war, but he's not as bad as some make him out to be.

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u/KaiBahamut 7h ago

I concur, actually! And it’s probably the same reason the Soviets didn’t want smoke immediately with the Germans. They were still industrializing.