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  1. The person who never made a mistake, never made anything.
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  2. I may be wrong, but I think the Soviets had an army in the East to guard against Japan - in which case the Soviets weren't fully committed, either. Edit - ah, you got that point, too.
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  3. Merry Xmas, TIK. (Just coz they claim it, doesn't make it theirs.)
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  4. Hello 🦌🦌🦌friends. (I can't post on chat today.)
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  5. First
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  6. TIK said the problem with minority governments is that they can't get anything done. In periods of stability/prosperity, the less governments do, the better.
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  7. I contend that capitalism is a law of nature; the cheetah must get more energy from her food than she used to catch it - she must make a profit.
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  8. Good questions, Naama.
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  9. Some folk'll criticize because they've never done anything great themselves. It's easier for them to bring you down than raise themselves up.
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  10. OMG! THIS IS HUGE!!!!
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  11. Why?
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  12. My take on that was that Lewis was giving the official line, with his own opinion reserved and open to persuasion.
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  13. Those awesome ones - your patrons - without whom, folk such as me would never get to see your superb videos - are the ones whose opinions matter.
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  14. Wow! That's a bit disorienting. Producers have been wrecking documentaries for the last 50 years, and this is the first time I was ever able to complain _and be heard_! Thank you.
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  15. Anarchists are only opposed to government until the government collapses; then they're communists.
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  16.  @TheImperatorKnight  You're really very good at dramatic reading - better than some audiobooks I've listened to - well you've had lots of practice! ;)
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  17. Oil and gas prices are high; Europe is financing Putin's adventures.
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  18. No, you've got it backwards. History teaches that Socialism lays waste to everything. TIK has learned that lesson.
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  19. The details are lacking in the chaos of that time.
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  20. Don't forget to click the like button, comment and subscribe.
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  21. Hello, Sanette 🦌🦌🦌🦌🐃
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  22. "Evil prevails when good men do nothing"
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  23. TIK, some people climb Mount Everest - it's difficult, dangerous, expensive, and often fatal. Why do people do that: simply to be able to say they did it? Seems pointless to me. Now then, you're halfway up a figurative Mount Everest, and it's undoubtedly been difficult, expensive, and so on. You're probably asking yourself what are you doing, and what is the point. What you are doing is amassing, collating, evaluating and presenting the collective knowledge of an important part of history in an accessible way: a way that aids the further study of those events.  And what is the point of that? Well, what is the over-all lesson of World War II? I'd suggest it this: if you devote the whole of your resources to destroying your neighbours, you will most likely destroy yourself. (That's open to debate, obviously. ;) So, then, had Hitler watched your videos, and seen the ultimate futility of the course he set himself - and his nation - perhaps he might've been dissuaded from that plan. Had Hitler stopped at Poland - as tragic as that would've been - it might've saved 30-40 million lives and 3 or 4 years of war in a dozen different nations. By telling the stories of the monstrous stupidities of the past, you're helping to prevent them from happening again - and that's worth doing!
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  24. Firstly, these are poor commanders - their troops were destroyed and they were captured. That's the kind of commanders Putin wants Zelensky to have. Secondly, I presume Putin got something for handing them over to Turkey, and Erdogan got something for handing them back to Zelensky. So they will both be happy to do it all again.
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  25. 🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌
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  26. "Trip to the Carribean" sounds like a euphemism for "put you in Guantanamo".
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