u/Evil_Shrubbery

And the problem isn't in screening/forced security.

Why would you assume that my answer would be "one man"? It was an incredibly complex conflict that was really a collection of smaller regional conflicts with various allies between them.

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There's no singular cause of WW2.

Because basically all of those reasons are the same as WWI but amplified by the restrictions (manufactured economic crisis) posed upon Germany at the end of WWI.

That is why I said it can be viewed as the same war.

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(Imho - anyways it's literally just semantics, perhaps propaganda of the victors a bit.)

Much like (the recent-ish) Russia in Ukraine - it's usually not viewed as two separate wars, one in 2014 & the other in 2022. Bcs it's the same thing, it was oblivious that it isn't over & both Russia & NATO/Ukraine have all been actively preparing each year.

However, in retrospect, many people would say when Germany invaded Poland. That said, USSR and Finland were already fighting at that point, as well as Japan and China.

Yeah, Japan in China started basically in 31 (13 years after official end of WWI, a much more European thing), whereas Germany's first foreign move was the military invasion of Austria in 38.

True, but only European countries (and in a specific timeframe) are referenced so I figured the definition was such.

(Not that I'm equating it in any way with Yugoslavia)

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Would Nazi Germany technically fall in the union definitions? Or did the annexed areas not represent countries (but the Reichs subdivisions & different states compared to og countries)?

(This is besides the fact none of them joining voluntary, not even Austria.)

So what caused WWII?

I assume your answer is *'one man'*?

In the same way "terrorist groups" arent created by the dominant force exerting mass injustice?

Zomg, Boeing planes being flown above enemy territory as surprise kamikazes (surprise to the pilots & crew).

None of which are socialist.

They are all systematically weaved out of the closed, private two-party system.

And it will last you till your death (several days later).

Decades implies that it once (in USAs history) wasn't so, which is false. The rest of it if very true tho.

WWII literally began after Austria (Hitler's homeland) was already a region of Germany (since March 38).

wiki/Anschluss

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wiki/Reichsgau


They have been.

Months after assassination of Ferdinand the actual fighting began, and most projected it would be just anther war (common at the time in Europe, tho less common each century). People living through it knew nothing about it upfront.

We wildly think of WWII beginning with the invasion of Poland, but it took months for everyone (England included) to realise it wasn't a war between two countries.

Not to mention how WWI & WWII are basically the same war in two seemingly inevitable parts.

And we have had a ton of proxy and/or cold wars between Russia & USA since WWII ended.

Yeah, like which of the recent events will be in future textbooks as the trigger for WWIII, and how will it all lead back to WWI (like WWII is basically a direct consequence of conditions of pre-WWI and major events related to the war & post-war treaties - WWIII in this config is a consequence of WWI/WWII & the forced hegemony/colonialism of USA that followed).

Yeah, the logic overwhelmingly tells you it doesn't make sense and won't work, the past experience empirically proves it doesn't help the vast majority of the people, the politicians can't really explain why would that work for the people, we absolutely know who pushes this agenda (the rich that are about to get richer, investing in lobbyists and marketing/propaganda) ... yet here we are, listening to how this will be great, *this time*.

Yes, prolonging the status quo is one of the most common lobby tactics, and the most successful.

That's why we have petrol based plastic recycling instead of naturally degradable plastics.

Completely agree - I was on about the (growing) front height of the vehicles and that the trend is clear.

Yeah, I know that, eg different laws about tires too apply, I'm just not sure about road-worthiness since it's usually tied to car registration (a bit) and that is an EU thing.

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Dunno.

Can confirm, we don't have a category for whatever this is either:


But neither did the USAnians, marketing just forced it over the decades, culturally linking it to being alpha-macho or whatever.

Tho its notable that pickups and larger SUVs sold in Europe (Amarok, Hilux, GLS) are all over 5m (over 5.2?) making them about the size of the average USA SUV (not average pickups tho, that is still 0.5m short of the latest F-150 series).


Here is one driving through Copenhagen:


It's not *really* practically true, I'm pointing it out for the fun of it, but it still happened:

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autoevolution.com/news/why-is-the-tesla-cybertruck-driving-in-europe-if-it-is-not-allowed-to

But wait, if those other trucks cybers are registered in other EU countries, can't they just drive through Denmark?

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They have the 3mm rubber padding on the edges, lmao.

What??

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(This sounds like something someone who has never been to Europe would say.)

Europe is being absolutely flooded with SUVs and even pickups (supply/marketing pressure + ego imho, bcs such cars are more profitable for manufacturers even when they are lower quality). And yes, we have a couple of Cybertrucks too.

Also most the poshest SUVs sold in USA are European models.

The dumpsters from at least two EU countries:



Additionally, here are new car registrations in 2024 - most of the cars (50.7%, 7 million cars) were some sort of SUVs (so the front part of the car is higher than it needs to be):