Yes, world population growth discussed on page 975, or
procreation as I like to call it, has been an enigma given the multitude of
birth control options floating around out there today. Even Loretta Lynn admitted that had birth
control pills been available when she was young, she would have taken them like
candy!
I remember reading about the Franz Ferdinand incident in
history at CSM about six years ago.
Franz Ferdinand is also the name of a Scottish rock band.
I just do not understand how people can be so all-consumed
with creating weaponry and an “incentive to strike first” mentality. Really, could not energies be put to
better use than to figure out how to annihilate other people? It is really a retarded way to think, and
look what all of this war has done.
Despite it all, people still procreate.
The word “genocide” keeps popping up here and there. I remember that one of my history
teachers in high school asked an extra credit question related to the word
“genocide” and no one got the answer, but I always remembered that word since.
My parents were raised during the depression. Both came from extremely poor, Italian
immigrant families. I heard many
stories about lack of food. We are
so lucky today not to suffer like that.
Whoa, that Life
magazine photo by Margaret Bourke-White reflects the chasm between social
classes to a T. Bet those folks in
the photo had no idea where the rubber came for the car’s tires.
Roosevelt’s New Deal still resonates today, although we know
all too well about the imminent collapse of the Social Security system with the
aging Baby Boomer population. And
the Welfare part of the New Deal has had its share of abuses for sure with
people buying things like cigarettes and lottery tickets with Welfare
money. Sad how people abuse
things.
Interesting that fascism was born in Italy, when all along I
was under the impression that it was Hitler’s making.
What I would like to know is how Hitler conjured up that
silly mustache. That is the worst
facial hair expression in the history of mankind.
Little did the poor Italian people of Mussolini’s world have
a clue about was coming down the pike.
Instead of Italy becoming a state “with a conscious entity with a will
and a personality” (p. 996), it became a state of complete devastation after
WWII.
I see the Treaty of Versailles as the root of Germany’s
wrath.
“Racial Revolution” is a good way of putting Nazi Germany
into words.
Oh, this is good!
Heinrich Himmler openly encouraged illegitimate births to increase the
Aryan nation. Who took care of all
these ill-begotten children, Mr. H squared? Novel idea.
A MORAL collapse!
Perfect way to describe Nazism!
Interesting that martial arts replaced baseball in Japan’s
education curriculum – never thought of Japan as a baseball nation. The whole section on Japanese
Authoritarianism is an interesting read (p. 999-1003), particularly that the
Japanese also thought of themselves as pure and unique.
News to me that WWII began in Asia before Europe (p. 1003)!
Too bad the song “War” by War was not around during WWII.
It just goes to show that when people are weak-minded and
desperate, they can easily be led along by someone like Hitler, who looks to
have the answers to their
quandaries.
Comfort women, prostitutes, concubines, however you spin it,
it all has to do with satisfying men, just like the war machine “heightened the
prestige of masculinity” (p. 1009).
That’s another way of saying how large their penis is, not to mention
that they have to go and do something as ugly and sinful as rape women.
The Marshall Plan sounds like it was the most positive
outcome of both world wars. We need more of those.
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