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Maybe you should try to make a bit of calculus on the advantage of having a slave labour during 4 years, and pillaging of all technologies, patents, machinery during the same four years, without having to pay for anything after the war, and without having to give anything back, as Morgenthau plan was not implemented, just to have in 1953, for a trick, avoid to pay anything in indemnity to the people germany invaded. And, while France has been forced to maintain rationing well after the war, to try and get its industry working again from scratch (and the same is applicable to almost all other countries that have had the chance to have Germany as a neighbourg), paid for by people taxation and sacrifices, whereas Germany could just use the marshall plan and the assets stolen during the war.

And everything has been conveniently put in the closet again in 1990 during the reunification, which cost Germany has fraternally exported to its partners, just to be smarting over the few problems that appeared in the eurozone, that represented a ridiculous amount of money, and still smarting and generally telling the world how good germans are, and how morally superior they are to almost all their neighbourgs...

Well I don't think that this is a particular display of modesty and friendliness.  But what do I know? I'm just another arrogant frenchman.

by Xavier in Paris on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 05:34:40 PM EST
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