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Old 07-09-2022, 11:59 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss View Post
Yes exactly. And if some charismatic leader takes over in Germany, a good chunk of them will flip their beliefs regardless of whatever they said about it in the past. Disavowing something isn't a force field thag prevents it from happening.

Abe actually wanted the country to build out it's military capabilities but couldn't get support to change the constitution.
Sure, maybe it's hypothetically possible, but the shared beliefs about history would make it dramatically more difficult to achieve. That matters.
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