Initially they only had land that they legally bought. When they declared themself as a state, the surrounding countries declared war on them, and they turned the tide in this (initially defensive) war and actually gained territory.
Not defending what they’re doing today, but history shouldn’t be twisted.
Faith in humanity restored
That’s what I expect when it gets labelled as Germany
In Austria we say “Sudern auf hohem Niveau”
Yes, compared to other countries Austria is very good. But things could still be much better.
Do you think killing for example Hitler would’ve changed anything? He just was some random guy who joined an already existing movement (and even without that movement ww2 was inevitable after the peace treaties of Versailles and Saint-Germain). They’d just have picked someone else to lead it
Do you think killing Putin would change anything? He put complete loyalists everywhere, if he’s gone his political line will continue.
These are systematical issues, you can’t fix them as long as a large majority of those who have power to change anything (in a democracy thankfully that’s everyone who’s eligible for voting) simply accept it.
Side note: In the USA’s recent election ~32% voted for the Republicans and ~32% for the Democrats while over a third just didn’t care at all. That’s not how you get something to change in a democracy!
Damn, I’ve heard that healthcare sucks in the USA but I didn’t expect it to be that bad. This is just heartbreaking.
If anything, this assassination made people like me from countries with functioning healthcare systems more aware of how it could’ve been in the bad timeline.
Rookie mistake. You use Almdudler for that.
Dw I really don’t take this stuff serious (not religious)
It’s a fun read though
But hey you can argue he’s getting 3.5 years twice now (4 minus lame duck twice)
Germany’s communist party supported the NSDAP for that reason. Thinking it’d bring the whole system down quicker, finally allowing their long awaited revolution
Jokes aside, he was heavily supported by Russia and Israel who do have quite some influence through social media
Exactly. Trump got less votes than he did last election (which he lost).
Funnily I also haven’t heard much good about Scandinavian cuisine
Would’ve expected more from Germany though. On the other hand, they do eat Schnitzel mit Tunke…
Absolutely not. Granted, my country is right next to Italy, but I’ve only ever heard about spaghetti with ketchup on the internet, from people from other countries.
More like that they probably are too young to have bought a home earlier. All people in their 20s (and I think we make a large percentage of Lemmy users) simply have to cope and buy some overpriced home regardless.
👍 in Europe earthquakes luckily are less of a concern, so we care more about longevity (you’ll find many places where pretty much every house is well over a hundred years old (the oldest one in my village is about 900 years old)) and good isolation (to keep the heat inside in winter and outside in summer so we can heat less / don’t have to use air conditioning on our way to net zero)
New parties have to get big at local levels first before shooting for the stars
👍 in my country I’m in the middle, but by US-American standards I’m far left (or more left than the democrats at least).
By spreading such usage of the word Nazis you’re numbing down the average person’s response to someone being called a Nazi, as it becomes a normal thing.
Save the term for people who deserve it
And privacy? I use cash whenever I can