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Entry: The Arsenal Of Time Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/the_arsenal_of_time#25977 Post contents: Let's say you changed just one or two things from the Nazi regime - rounding up and killing of the Jewish population was horrendous, but let's face it history is filled with similar occurences, committed by both American and England. (Slavery, treatment of American Indians, treatment of Ireland). And Israel is pushing the envelope even today, with our very different moral framework. Let's say, that the Nazi's instead of killing Jews (and others) just expelled them. Let's say, their Nazi territorial ambitions where slightly more restrained. How much of the equation does that change? Do relatively small changes turn something from pure evil into an acceptable political solution? Hitler was a vegetarian? Does that make all vegetarians evil? Jonah Goldberg's book on fascism labels almost everything under the sun as fascism. But, let's face it, his book does more to make fascism look like the norm, rather than than making us think about changing or suspending these policies. For example, do you think the state will make smoking legal just to avoid the label of fascism? A state does not have an interest in the health of its citizens? I guess the war (WWII) could have been a worse given more time to build up even greater fighting machines. That is (obviously) very speculative. It could have gone other, more peaceful directions as well. What if england accepted one of Germany's many offers of peace? Would that have been just a stalling tactic by Germany, or could it have led to something better than the cold war, over time? Sent at: 2008 07 24