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Comment author: Lumifer 24 October 2014 06:46:49PM 18 points [-]

The west has too much trade, too much communication, too much tourism to want to fight

While that's a valid observation, similar points were made just before WW1... Also you did notice how one European nation, Russia, invaded another European nation, Ukraine, just this year -- right?

the fact that the US gave Germany money for rebuilding in the immediate aftermath of WWII really is an unprecedented act of generosity.

Not generosity. The US was building barriers against Stalin's European ambitions.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 27 October 2014 06:41:44AM 2 points [-]

I thought part of it was Germany starting WW2 as a result of resentment at reparations, so a more generous approach was tried.

Comment author: Lumifer 27 October 2014 02:56:07PM 2 points [-]

The Marshall Plan was not Germany-specific, it provided money for rebuilding of the entire Western Europe. It also coexisted with severe restrictions on German economy during the first post-war years, e.g.:

Even while the Marshall Plan was being implemented, the dismantling of German industry continued ... The first "level of industry" plan, signed by the Allies on March 29, 1946, had stated that German heavy industry was to be lowered to 50% of its 1938 levels by the destruction of 1,500 listed manufacturing plants.

Comment author: Azathoth123 28 October 2014 01:08:07AM 0 points [-]

Incidentally, Germany stopped paying reparations long before Hitler came to power. Not that that stopped various German governments from blaming Germany's economic problems on them.

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