Generational Dynamics World View

[Warren Dew]

(07-29-2019, 09:36 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: One thing that people forget is how people's attitudes have changed
since the 1990s.  At that time, the WW II survivors were running
things, and they knew how to negotiate and compromise.  Today,
Gen-Xers are running things, and have no ability or desire to
compromise on anything.  Each Gen-Xer hates every other Gen-Xer and
demands that the other side do all the compromising.  When both sides
have that view, then disaster ensues.  That's why Brexit is headed for
disaster, and the world is headed for other disasters (i.e., a world
war).

Say what?  I'm pretty sure it's the boomers who are running things and refuse to compromise.  Just look at Eric and me; the only thing we agree on is no 

Quote:This gets to the heart of the question that has bothered people
my age for decades: How was Hitler able to so completely fool
Britain and Neville Chamberlain?

I think there was a recognition that the terms of the Treaty of Versailles had been unwise and unjust.  The strategy of Appeasement was about returning territory to Germany that had been unjustly taken from them.

The reoccupation of the Ruhr came first; it involved Germany reoccupying land that was clearly German.  The annexation of Austria was welcomed by the Austrian people, so it was difficult to object to.  The Sudetenland likewise preferred to be part of Germany, which is why Chamberlain was willing to sign it away.

It wasn't until the invasion of Czechoslovakia that it became clear that Germany wanted more than just German lands, at which point Appeasement ended.

You may think it was obvious earlier just like you think it's obvious that China will attack us.  But you have your own blind spots, such as to the growing tensions between the Anglosphere and continental Europe, and the fact that Russia is much more of a parallel to Nazi Germany than China is, right down to having won a war - WWII/Franco-Prussian War - then losing a war and territory - Cold War/WWI - then attempting to regain the lost territory in a crisis era.