Comments by "Hermit Oldguy" (@hermitoldguy6312) on "Who saved Hitler? The Munich Crisis & The Oster Conspiracy 1938" video.

  1. Not just the deaths, but the demographics - the knock-on effect on marriages and births.
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  2. There are always more questions than answers - that's just the way it is.
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  3. It's never fun to talk to a Marxist - Marxists lie - always.
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  4. <sigh> Authoritarians are far-LEFT!
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  5. @rimacutem of Alsvartrsmiðr No, monarchs are dependent on allies - eg the barons. It takes a (violent) collective to impose a tyranny on the masses.
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  6. @rimacutem of Alsvartrsmiðr The English Billof Rights was written because the lords collectively opposed the king. (It was an accident that it applied to the common people - who were also "English".).
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  7. If we put aside the Marxist redefinitions and start from scratch ... In the beginning - before law, every man was his own master. Farmers need peace in order to grow crops and prosper. To have peace, you need law, and to enforce law, you need a collective (that can overpower any law-breakers). Any law takes power from individuals and transfers it to the collective. Thus the political left and right were born. The left is the power of the state, the right the power of the individual. (An individual has no authority over others and cannot be an authoritarian.) Hence politics is the pratice of writing laws, and is done mostly by lawyers. The right always loses because it's composed of individuals championing the liberties of the individual.  The left, championing the cause of the collective to take more and more powers, is de facto authoritarian. Thus the ratchet of power inexorably moves to the left - the state. Only real democracy - hearing the voice of the people - can slow its progress (keyword). Once in a while a law is repealed - eg, decriminalizing of homosexuality, drugs, etc., but it's rare.
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  8.  @SamuelJamesNary  You keep on talking about "extremism" - idk what you mean by that. It usually means political terrorism.
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  9.  @SamuelJamesNary  So extremism and authoritarianism are completely different things. Authoritarianism is the trampling of people's freedoms; freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of action, ... banning tobacco, plastic straws, etc, making people stay at home and wear masks in public is authoritarianism.
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  10.  @SamuelJamesNary  You're just not learning anything, are you? You have a narrative and you're sticking with it. You failed to show that nationalism leads to extremism (because it doesn't). You failed to show that extremism leads to authoritarianism (it doesn't). You haven't touched the "fascism is far-left" point, and you're utterly silent on the authoritarianism of communism. But you did waste my time,so there's that.
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  11.  @SamuelJamesNary  Nah, you just use the terms "extremist", "fascist" and "nationalist" interchangeably.
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  12. So why did Czech.... have loads of war materiel sitting around? They made themselves a target.
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  13.  @StandaBlabol  yes, so they should've delivered them.
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  14. He should've rallied all the nations to present a united front against Hitler.
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  15.  @TheMakumakumaku  Ah, lol.
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  16.  @TheMakumakumaku  and yet, I think my reply still stands.
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  17. Britain can't commit other nations to take up arms. Other nations must speak for themselves.
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  18. You never hear the whole story - you only get to hear what they want you to hear.
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  19. Betrayal of whom, by who?
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  20.  @stevewatson6839  Wtf are you on about?
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  21.  @stevewatson6839  Ah, you're an attention-seeker.
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  22. Fascists ARE leftists - they are revolutionaries, not reactionaries.
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  23. You can't have law without socialism - all States are socialist by definition.
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