Comments by "Dennis Weidner" (@dennisweidner288) on "TIKhistory" channel.

  1.  @thunberbolttwo3953  While I agree with you about Government micromanagement. The Depression did end in 1939-40 measured by unemployment and other metrics.
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  2.  @UmbraHand  He is largely correct about Roosevelt and the New Deal. They did not end the Depression. The War did.
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  3.  @thunberbolttwo3953  Absolutely. But the War did put people back to work.
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  4.  @thunberbolttwo3953  The Soviets and their Eastern European satellites could have participated in the Marshall Plan Stalin refused bedause he preferred to establish NKVD controlled police states that he could control.
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  5.  @fabiofaria4243  You might add that the Swedes provided the NAZIs with must the iron ore they needed to make steel and wage the War.
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  6.  @CM-ve1bz  Nonsence. America was an indutrial superpower BEFORE the War. World War II turned America into a military superpower.
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  7.  @jjeherrera  America did not create an empire, please open your dictionary to see what an empire is.
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  8.  @CM-ve1bz  Absolutely. Without Lend Lease, Britain would have had troublr continuing the War. Just one example, guess where Britain got its oil.
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  9.  @boufns8  Sweden did not benefit from the War. The Swedish economists based on w=exports and the War cut off exports (except to Germany).
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  10.  @johnburns4017  Britain went socialist. Read about the 1945 General election. Labour was a socialist party.
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  11.  @johnburns4017  True, but socialism was.
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  12.  Chris Madison  What major corporations were nationalized?
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  13.  @witheringi9492  A strong case can be made that Roosevelt saved American democracy. There were threats from both the right and left. Of course you heighten the right wing threat and igniore the left-wing threat. Just what is this failure of the Republicans during the pandemic?. The data show that America did not have the worst performance. It did better than Britain and Italy, France did a little better and Germany much better. And you seem to forget that the vaccines that are saving us were developed during the Republican Administration. And you also are forgetting the abject failure of Democratic states like New York. Stop manufacturing Fake News.
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  14.  @witheringi9492  Nonsense. The United States was the great economic power well before the War. And your comment about President Reagan suggests that you do not understand that capitalism is at he heart of America's success.
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  15.  @witheringi9492  You are confusing socialism with the welfare sate. The welfare state is only possible if you have a core capitalist economy to pay for it.
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  16.  @Regis1995  The United States was an economic superpower decades before World War II. And it was America that helped rebuild war devastated economies AFTER the War. Read about the Marshall Plan which protected European integration..
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  17.  @goste4  Of course blame the West. And ignore the fact that the former colonies embraced socialist economics. Look what happened to the countries that embraced capitalism. https://www.histclo.com/eco/sys/asia-tig.html
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  18.  @fabiofaria4243  Absolutely correct.
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  19.  @rickmoreno6858  The left wing professors in our universities and now teachers in K-12 are doing huge damage to our country.
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  20.  @gj1234567899999  To nothing? What about saving Western civilization and plating a major role in the defeat of the Axis powers. Or you unaware of the world the Axis was creating. https://www.histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/wca/ww2-wca.html
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  21.  @andrewgrandma2816  Not exactly, but it was paid back pennies on the dollar.
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  22.  @tedwarden1608  The Labour Party did not introduce National Socialism, but they did introduce socialism which is why Britain did so poorly after the War.
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  23.  @andrewgrandma2816  They should have never had to pay off the war loans in the first place. Britain played an important role in stopping the NAZIs before America entered the War.
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  24.  @johnburns4017  Absolutely correct. But because of Labour and Socialism it was America who took all that British technology and turned it into new, very successful industries.
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  25.  @elchinpirbabayev5757  More nonsense. Japan not only surrounded, but they were occupied and fundamentally changed.
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  26.  @elchinpirbabayev5757  It was the Soviet Union that kept a Hitler clone in power --Stalin. Hirohito was no Hitler although I do not entirely disagree that he had some responsibility for the Japanese atrocities. .
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  27.  @Tonixxy  The United States was already an economic superpower well before World War II.
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  28.  @dangerouslytalented  Australia did not have much industry to begin with.
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  29.  @bseer  Nonsense? Where does it say the Governmnt should take over private property? Do you even know what socialism is?
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  30.  @ppumpkin3282  The result of the Labour Government and socialism.
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  31.  @ppumpkin3282  Absolutely correct. Nothing show cases this better than China and the Asian Tigers. https://www.histclo.com/eco/sys/asia-tig.html
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  32.  @ljubomirculibrk4097  Who is 'they'?
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  33.  @elchinpirbabayev5757  Stalin did not need to be kept in power--who said he did? He had the NKVD--the Soviet version of the NAZI SS. Of course you avoid the FACTS. Stalin was a mass murder on a par with Hitler which is why the Soviet Union was a NAZI ally for 2 years. Are you proud about being s NAZI ally?
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  34.  @goste4  By any measure, Cuba, North Korea, Laos, would be high on the list of poor countries. Which is interesting because before Castro, Cuba was one of the most affluent Latin American countries and North Korea was the wealthiest part of Korea. And both China and North Vietnam would be on the poor list BEFORE market reforms (i.e.capitalism). And of course only socialism could turn oil rich Venezuela into a country of hungry people. The simple fact is that with the exception of countries sitting on top of oil resources, the ONLY prosperous countries are those with core capitalist economies. I answered your challenge-- here is mine. Name one prosperous country that does not have a core capitalist economy.
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  35.  @johnburns4017  Are you not aware that all those marvelous social democracies have core capitalist economies to pay the bills?
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  36.  @boufns8  Sweden's 'working' harbors were in the Baltic and both Norway and Denmark were occupied by the NAZIS, meaning Sweden was cut off from international trade. Which us why Sweden was harmed by the War.
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  37.  @johnburns4017  I have no idea what you are talking about.
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  38.  @elchinpirbabayev5757  Because as you well know, just because Hitler and Stalin named it a 'non-aggression pact' does not mean that it was. Just as Communist 'people's democracies' are not democracies. It was an alliance designed for war and aggression which is a matter of fact because we now know about the Secret Codicil. Just read it: https://histclo.com/essay/war/com/sov/nsnap/nap-cod.html And we know about the vast quantities of oil and raw materials the Soviet Union shipped to its NAZI ally allowing them to wage the war in the West. And we know that Stalin actully wanted to join the Axisto better conduct aggression..
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  39.  @goste4  Of course you do not have the intellectual honesty to answer my challenge -- name a prosperous social democracy that does not have a core capitalist economy to pay the bills. (I am only asking for one.) Now I will be glad to go into more detail about the poor counties. But I will not waste my time if you think this is going to be a one way conversation with you controlling the discussion and excluding the many obvious facts showing that socialism is a failed economic system. .
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  40.  @rickmoreno6858  Yes the Marxist or in the ascendancy right now. It is hard to argue in the political arena with people offering free stuff. But as Mrs. Thatcher explained, "Socialism is fine until they run out of other people's money to give away." Bismarck was compering with the Socialists, the major opposition party at the time. I am a dyed in the wool capitalist. But as a former Liberal, I still believe that the Government has a role in social welfare. I think that the best assurance of prosperity, however, is a vibrant capitalist economy. But people through no fault of their own can face terrible problems and require support. (My parents were out of work during the Depression.) That said if the welfare system is expanded too far (as is the case today) and supports people who could be working, that can damage a capitalist economy to the detriment of the population as a whole.
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  41.  @elchinpirbabayev5757  The internet is a wonderful thing, you learn so much about the world. You and other Russian participants in these blogs make it very clear why Russia is such a failed state and how the Soviet Union was so similar to the NAZIs. The history of the Soviet Union is so horrendous that you and Soviet historians have no choice but to deny the terrible all too bloody truth. Just as Soviet censors would cut purged individuals out if photographs. An early example of Cancel Culture. You say the Secret Codicil was discarded -- true but only by Soviet historians who after the War wanted to hide the fact that that they had been a NAZI ally for nearly 2 years. We know how this works -- Katyn is perfect example. https://www.histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/camp/eur/sov/agg/pol/sap-katyn.html So is the Ukrainian Famine. The only option for the Soviets is deny and hide the truth. But you have to understand, that you are in a forum in which many participants have read real uncensored history. Brave Russians have told the truth. You might want to read Khrushchev's Secret Speech. https://www.histclo.com/essay/war/com/sov/bio/k/khrush/nk-ss.html Try reading Solzhenitsyn, Sakharov, and Pasternak. .
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  42.  @johnburns4017  I notice you dare not respond to my point. All social democracies are financed by two supports: 1) a core capitalist economy and 2) borrowed money.
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  43.  @rickmoreno6858  Rick I agree with your basic principle. The problem is that in our modern world things happen to people that are beyond their control. Wuhan is an example. Another example is that the Socialists running the Government are hell bent to wrecking out capitalist economy. Do you not think that the average person is going tg be able to recover on their own?.
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  44.  @goste4  As I said before I answered your question and am willing go into more detail if you will answer my question. Name one prosperous country (except oil states) that do not have a core capitalist economy. You would not havc had to write a paragraph as you did. Not even a sentence. Just name a country. One single country. But of course as you know the answer (NONE), you do not have the intellectual honesty to respond. I will be more than happy to discuss the poor countries in more detail with you, but I will not waste my time with anyone not willing to honestly discuss the issue. Incidentally as you mention Vietnam, the reason that it ranks 63 is only because of the market reforms (capitalism) introduced in recent years.
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  45.  @boufns8  Have you looked at a map? To reach Gothenburg you have to pass through the narrow waters between Norway and Denmark. It is impossible to reach with out passing through waters and air space controlled by the NAZIs.
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  46.  @goste4  Absolutely I named several poor socialist countries and motioned that there would be more except that China and Vietnam have introduced capitalist reforms. And I indicated I would be more than willing to discuss this in more detail, but did not want a one way discussion. I asked for you to name one prosperous country other than oil states that did not have a core capitalist country. You could answer in one word. I only asked for one country. But the fact that you refused to do so shows that 1) you are not an honest interlocutor and 2) want to cointrol the discussion because you know that you will lose any open discussion of the merits of socialism and socialism.
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  47.  @goste4  I am more than happy to discuss the issue of rankings in great detail. I gave you my thumb nail answer and will be happy to go into detail. I will not waste my time, however, until you answer my question which any honest interlocutor could answer in one word. What prosperous country except oil states do not have a core capitalist economy. Your predictable reluctance to do so SPEAKS VOLUMES. You know very well that capitalism and only capitalism generates economic prosperity.
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  48.  @rickmoreno6858  I think we are in general agreement.
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  49.  @rickmoreno6858  Here we agree. I think the Wuhan virus is very real. There are more than a million dead bodies and not just in America. Now the needed response is debatable, but the fact that Wuhan is a killer is very real.
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  50.  @rickmoreno6858  Sorry, typo. On Wuhan I meant to say, here we "disagree".
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