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The history of money and war.
Discussion
This is an incredible video! Where's this from?
I thought Michael Rivero did an amazing job also. It makes me take a second look at history, but money is 1/2 of every trade so it does make sense. I always thought it was strange that we humans are forced to trade with other humans. Yesterday, I had a baby girl reach out for me to pick her up, even though money didn't exchange hands I felt I got paid. Still, most of my transactions with other humans are paid for. Humans are weird.
Okay, the WW2 part and Germany though. The opposition was ideological. From ChatGPT:
In 1936, Winston Churchill strongly opposed Hitler not because of Germany’s growing industrial power or its currency system, but mainly due to geopolitical and ideological concerns. He warned that Germany was violating the Treaty of Versailles by secretly rearming and rebuilding its military. Churchill viewed Hitler’s totalitarian regime as a brutal and authoritarian threat to European peace. He was particularly alarmed by Germany's aggressive nationalism and militarization, especially after the reoccupation of the Rhineland, which signaled a clear intent to challenge the post–World War I order and destabilize Europe.