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[–] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

Simple: refrain from doing any stupid shit for half a century. Any stupid shit will kick the timer backwards 70% of the elapsed time.

(There really is no other way)

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    Germany was forgiven much faster than 50 years.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah, that's true. Although, not by much. I remember that in 1990's there was still plenty of distrust towards them, as they were seen as nazis. Nobody wanted Germany to become strong. The 1990's began 45 years after WWII had ended, and while the trust had been almost recovered, it was still not intact. I'm not sure if it's even now: Germany is the biggest reason we didn't support Ukraine militarily as much as needed back in spring 2022. They wanted cheap gas and were ready to accept horrors in the name of political realism. It's hard at least for me to not see a connection between that cynicism and what the same cynicism led to in 1920's and 1930's.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I lived in Germany from '83 to '94, and while there were certainly individuals who didn't trust them (my grandfather's cousin in Denmark certainly didn't), they had long since earned the trust of other countries' governments by that point.

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