TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century.

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[–]asterias 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Some events are mentioned here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_anti-Nazi_boycott#Events_in_the_United_States

I have seen other articles and videos (which I don't have handy at the moment) about American Jews and Jewish Mafia attacking political parties and gatherings in the USA with complete impunity. Judging from what happened with those organisations (American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress and B'nai B'rith) when they pressured various governments to ban political parties in Europe during the last decade, I can only imagine how provoking their moves would be back then.

War is officially declared by governments, but certain groups appear to exercise significant control over governments and even preoccupy government decisions.

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i appreciate you locating what you did.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

they did a BDS movement on germany. But did germany really feel the need to declare war on USA just because of that? I think Hitler was trying to make proactive moves, war would be inevitable so why not strike first. They were working on a wonderwaffen so he might have figured he'd have nukes eventually so it'd work out.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hitler sought peace with the US and UK at every turn (and the war was never popular among the citizens of these countries). Germany was dragged into the war due to its treaty with Japan, and the ABCD Line amounts to an act of war on the part of the US.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

hitler had a peace agreement with Russia, later invaded them. He probably correctly thought they'd break the agreement soon so why not attack first and have he advantage. He also needed oil, a major reason for the entire world war in the first place, Russia had it.

I like playing the board game Risk and I think it is true to life, you need to take a risk. Sometimes send your troops and attack a powerful opponent even if it spreads your troops thin. Hoping by your next turn you can regroup. Having a lot of land is valuable as it gets you more troops. Sometimes don't attack an opponent because you want them to be a buffer between you and another opponent that is more powerful.