(02-28-2019 01:36 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(02-28-2019 01:28 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(02-28-2019 01:23 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  

(02-28-2019 11:48 AM)bullet Wrote:  Reparations worked real well after WWI.

They weren't enforced.

They were until Hitler took over in response to the desperation of the German people.

Quote:The final payment was made on 3 October 2010, settling German loan debts in regard to reparations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_reparations

The goal of the Treaty of Versailles was to cripple Germany to the point that they could no longer make war on their neighbors. The problem with that was that Germany was always going to default on those payments or otherwise face civil collapse. Hungry, cold, jobless men usually get violent to fix those issues after a while.

To keep the money flowing forever would have required Britain and France to basically be ready to attack Germany over money. That kind of policy rarely survives in countries where people vote for their leaders on a semi-regular basis.

The lesson to be learned:

Fundamentally forcing a change of the established order on a nation while simultaneously weakening them through withdrawing capital will get you someone like Hitler 95% of the time.

until the globe is reliant upon a single and transparent currency....

this is where the USD currently reigns supreme whilst the dippos only seek dilution....

ref: the fall of the british empire or any other

continual human and economic development...like a menopausal woman, she can be a biatch at times....