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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoIt’s not appeasement if the party being “appeased” is not opposed to you to begin with.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoNow you lost me, surely Hitler was being appeased by the Allies allowing him to do things they would’ve preferred him not to do?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoSweden wouldn’t prefer the USA not repeatedly destroy other countries and commit genocide?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoSure they would, but not as much as Russia doing the same but much closer to Sweden.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoSure then, if you want to call it that. But did it work? Were countries not invaded by the US thanks to Swedish appeasement?
So appeasement does sometimes work then.
It’s not appeasement if the party being “appeased” is not opposed to you to begin with.
That’s not what they say about WW2
Now you lost me, surely Hitler was being appeased by the Allies allowing him to do things they would’ve preferred him not to do?
Sweden wouldn’t prefer the USA not repeatedly destroy other countries and commit genocide?
Sure they would, but not as much as Russia doing the same but much closer to Sweden.
So Sweden is appeaseing the USA
Sure then, if you want to call it that. But did it work? Were countries not invaded by the US thanks to Swedish appeasement?
Lemmygrad has an emoji for this 😆