Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Niklas Karlsson Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers Date: 5 Oct 2024 08:31:04 GMT Organization: Department of Redundancy Department Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <851708060.749423067.699188.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <713621693.749610105.279918.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <318290979.749778191.188221.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> X-Trace: individual.net Pn3L11+itG7W2RZDojT1uA4Hb7v9WQha2qLO/3mLEc8vU2Fjek Cancel-Lock: sha1:70eqsyzlk4mQaht7GqfKVrj5CSI= sha256:l6owbXmeqyub9iiI9BKkUnfoSF5H2uZKBtt48I7XQM8= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:227607 comp.os.linux.misc:59145 ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.folklore.computers.] On 2024-10-04, Peter Flass wrote: > rbowman wrote: >> >> Who knows what might have happened but in 1952 Stalin proposed reuniting >> Germany with Germany becoming a neutral state not aligned with either >> side. Adenauer turned down the offer ensuring over 30 years of misery for >> the east. As one of my links pointed out reintegrating the east is still a >> problem. >> > Probably wise not to take the offer. Stalin wold have bribed his way to > controlling a united Germany, just like Putin is doing now in the US and > several EU countries. At the very least Finlandization style, yes, very likely. Niklas -- "As someone noted, the US government is basically a highly-armed insurance company." -- Robert Uhl