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RE: The Lasting Impact of World War II

War is never the answer, for some reason humans continue to make the same blunders repeatedly.

Much like you I have read, or visited many museums about the second war world, with my father fighting up through Africa on into Italy, yes remember the history and echoing words "Never Again", here we are once again not knowing which way things will go.

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here we are once again not knowing which way things will go.

So very sad. It seems humanity can not live without war. I saw an interview few weeks back with a holocaust survivor, and her last words touched me so deeply. She said "I have never felt like being back in the 1930's again, but now I feel it. And I have never been afraid, but now I am".

Hm yes. Maybe we still dont take it serious enough. Or have missed the day to say "beware of the beginnings"

That is always the dangerous thing, with the Second World War there was also a long run-up in which things gradually worsened. And sometimes I think we've passed that point now. In the 1930s there was also inflation, a sharp increase in intolerance and all that kind of stuff. That is what you see happening very strongly now.

Yes true, but people in 1930s had much harder times I think. Poor, hungry, dirty - in extremest contrast to the view "Rich and Beauty" people.

So today... Yes we still have that contrast. But at least for Europe we still have conditions for everyone to have a good life. And thats the point where I dont understand what is really going on and escalates 🤷‍♀️😐

But at least for Europe we still have conditions for everyone to have a good life

Do you think that low-income people feel that way? The high inflation has been a major blow to poorer people's financial position. Purchasing power has hardly been repaired, if at all. And in the meantime, according to the opinion of people who have little economic knowledge, many 'gifts' are being handed out by the government to asylum seekers, to foreign countries, etc... Many people see it as "Europe is throwing billions abroad coughed up by the inhabitants of the Member States", while many residents can no longer make ends meet. Add to this the large flow of asylum seekers, who must also be supported by the residents. And the inhabitants? These are forgotten and collapse under the ever-increasing costs of living.

I'm not saying this is really how it is, but it is how many people feel it. The media does not make this any better with generally negative reporting, where things are often not stated clearly.

Many people feel they have been shortchanged... and that always causes friction, which unfortunately causes many people to adopt extreme ideas.

I know they feel that way and its sad that they cannot see what they have. Since my disease I am at very low income level too.

We should restart being thankful for what we have, but this seems not to be possible in our shiny, thriving insta world. At least not for the majority of people

I think that for many people the survival instinct has been activated. This causes more selfishness and egocentrism in the world. In addition, the inability to see the difference between "Want to have" and "Need to have". Then there is the income inequality and the many problems that arise, it is becoming too much for many people to handle.

People backing each other up into a corner, division is name of the game.

I really cannot understand what the idea is behind this, one hears so many conflicting stories, personally feel strongly it is being promoted by handful of rich, meet their agenda through war machine, climate change, driven to attain power, greed motivated.