TheWPCTraveler said:
monocle_layton said:
Of course an interesting topic is ruined due to a man who allegedly isn't a nazi but wishes germany won (the fuck does that mean?)
Maybe this conversation would improve if Professor FuckAnyoneWhoIsntEuropeanWhite realized it'd take Austria decades to become a minority, even if we assumed they magically took in twice the amount of migrants than austrians born there
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A pyhrric victory for the Nazi Germans may actually have been much better than a decisive Soviet victory in the Eastern Front. Given the case of anger against the Germans of the Slavs and Baltic peoples who were stuck under German rule during that war with the Soviets - even with the additional industrial power, they would've fallen apart anyway.
There is a precedent for this, too. The First World War. Germany won decisively against the Russian Empire-turned-USSR, but the manpower needed to maintain control over their newfound eastern territories meant that the German Empire (sorry Rol, but the Austrians in that war were a dead weight) could not sustain the Hundred Days offensive.
In any case, if you are a Finnish irredentist, you should wish for a victory over the Soviets in order to be able to retake the land lost in the Winter War, as well as maybe take the rest of Karelia.
Also, re: italicised, maybe drop the insult? The entire point is to prevent Austrian Germans from becoming a minority in the first place. I mean, if you study Austrian history, you'd very well know why some Austrians feel that way.
Leadified said:
I have no love for communism but there is no denying that Russia was a superpower during the Soviet Union and transformed the country into an industral powerhouse. The Russian Empire was backwards, in a constant state of financial crisis and just as corrupt as the Soviets, it started to get better towards the end but it was too little too late.
As someone with roots in Austria-Hungary, I can't think of a reason why you would shit your pants, unless if you meant shit your pants laughing on how much of a trainwreck that whole experiment was.
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Austria-Hungary was on the verge of breaking apart in the years leading up to the First World War - if it wasn't for the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Franz Ferdinand.
The German Empire found themselves in hot water with both France and the Russian Empire, given how Wilhelm II screwed the diplomatic balance that Chancellor Bismarck worked hard for.
So, yeah, you really would shit your pants if you found yourself in that position.
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