Swagasaurus-Rex t1_iwoc7ov wrote
Reminds me of All Quiet on the Western Front. Just senseless needless death for a few meters of earth
Aitrus233 t1_iwqae1f wrote
"Clearly, Field Marshall Haig is about to make yet another gargantuan effort to move his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin."
-Blackadder Goes Forth
DraslinHDF t1_iwodl0d wrote
This is what humanity is reduced to when corrupt governments are allowed to concentrate wealth.
nav17 t1_iwq5t58 wrote
This is a gross oversimplification of the causes of WW1.
bolanrox t1_iwqvua2 wrote
the gross oversimplification would be family infighting.
WhapXI t1_iwqc020 wrote
Grossly oversimplified but on a macro level it’s basically right. Wealth and power concentrated in the hands of people whose only goal to increase their wealth and power at the expense of each other. Ideas of prestige and imperial ambition and nationalism and revanchism are the puppet show they play for the masses while the ones in charge hope to make money.
leoleosuper t1_iwq9jsa wrote
Of the possibly 1000 causes of WWI, corrupt governments is not one of them.
DraslinHDF t1_iwr62uj wrote
The treaty system is/was corrupt. What are you talking about?
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