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Yes WW1 happened because of a single incident setting off a firestorm and not due to ideologies of imperialism, militarism, monarchism, jingoistic nationalism, and the desire of the Anglo-French alliance to prevent any competitors to their global domination being confronted by Germany which felt entitled as a white nation to its share of genocidal extraction.

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Correct, WW1 would have happened regardless, Franz Ferdinand getting shot or not, the economies of western Europe were just too primed for war at that point

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One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans - Otto von Bismarck (1888)

Why is the geopolitical situation so intertwined and precarious in the Balkans, von Bismarck?

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Me when all I know about WW1 is that some rich guy got killed and then something something history happened: DAE political assassinations bad?

Don’t threaten me with a good time anyway. The country would’ve detonated and there are probably over 5 billion people that would be cheering right after.

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I’m simply not so sure we haven’t arrived at the same place anyway. Living in deeply Maga area, we’ve had fireworks shot off all night last night, as well as people posting up on corners with flags and guns. One person in my area said they were heiled and yelled “white power” at.

It concerns me that people are trying to downplay this situation just because the man didn’t die. I think it’s the opposite. People are feeling riled up and emboldened in a way I don’t think they would if the shooter had succeeded.

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you have the chance to do the funniest thing ever and are our only hope

Hex Bearers, channers, chapos.chatters, DO NOT do an

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17 points

I thought UlyssesT retired.

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No Sir! Just have learned from the best of the best by being terminally online, Sir!

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Hexbearglyphics are a thing of beauty.

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Also living in Chudland encountering the same issue. There’s a lot of the obvious militia sorts stirring about, I kept seeing cars of them otw home, decal of this and that group. Reddit for my state vaguely had a post noting the like 3 dems and their supporters are starting to get phoned in threats from the local militias, it was quickly removed cuz reddit, but it seems my area isn’t the only one experiencing shit.

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62 points

Trump literally had an Iranian general assassinated and it sparked a skirmish lasting less than two weeks. Not a world War.

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Ah, but Iranians aren’t people, you see. It only makes sense that the consequences were less severe

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God I remember that day. Everyone on the mainstream internet was afraid of WW3 for two days.

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10 points

… and then Covid 19 happened…

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Didn’t the government of Iran offer a bounty against Donald Trump in response?

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Oh shit maybe that’s the motive!? Iran’s new president wound up being reformist so the guy wanted to get the bounty before it was rescinded.

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Oh well, I’m glad the country will not detonate now. I can breathe easy knowing that all we will see from now is the legendary American ability to treat everything with a sense of zen like calm, without making any rash decisions.

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