A taboo perspective on WWII I learned since living in Germany: If anyone but Churchill became PM in May 1940, there would have been peace by July. The death toll from the whole war in Europe would be <200k. The only land contested would be what was lost in WWI. There was no Holocaust yet, so that was no reason to continue. Maybe there never would have. All we know is that continuing the war famously didn't stop it and probably made it worse. In hindsight, we can worry about a future invasion of the USSR and whatnot. But that still doesn't explain or excuse the decision to keep fighting in 1940. Do the Germans have a point? 🤔

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Everything is funny if you zoom out. Everything is tragic if you zoom in. They're both valid perspectives.

I used to think women were historically oppressed because of sexism, but I'm starting to worry that those were the only cultures that survived. It's not a question of values. You just can't build a civilization on *reproductive rights", which seems to be their primary concern.

Freedom is the only thing that counts. Happy German Unity Day! 🍻🇩🇪

The most suspicious part was how quickly and confidently they dismissed all suspicions. Like takeaway that's ready so fast there's no way it was properly cooked. Do you know what I mean?

The Right hated when twitter was biased while the owners pretended to be neutral. The Left hates that 𝕏 is neutral while the owner doesn't hide his bias.

Night after night, going round and round my brain, this dream is driving me insane 🫨

Man drives himself mad fighting all the fires he started.

Nations are quite simply incompatible with the internet. Like Catholicism after the printing press, or Monarchy after the death of God, they can never again be more than shells of their former selves. This is inevitable, but.. The urge to resist this new reality could cause untold suffering, like the 30-Years War after the printing press, and the World Wars after the death of God. Is this avoidable? Can we forge a new order in peace? Or must the old literally die first?

Never ever be open about your issues. The only people who care are those who can use it against you. And that'll probably cost you far more than whatever issue you started with. The only benefit is rooting out the sharks in the water.

Are all EVs basically car bombs now, or does it only work with pagers?

Trump dodging bullets like Kamala dodges interviews.

First day with temperatures >20° and I'm SO DONE with winter already.

I have yet to see a Green Party suggest that we should cut public services to pay for green policies. They always prefer bigger government over smaller emissions. So the threat can't be THAT existential 🤷

I usually brag about how brilliant my kids are, but today they broke my $1.2k screen by trying to get the (non-existent) touch to work.

Are you angry?

I fear that when we reject moderate criticisms of the World War II narrative, we fuel the rise of something far worse 😕 If we can barely question Allied choices without being accused of Holocaust-denial, we push those with questions to the right. Until they fall off the edge 👇

It's a bubble.

My 7-year old came out this morning. We always knew she was nuts, but didn't realize she was coconuts. In hindsight, all the signs were there. Is it just a phase? Do we let her transition? Order an exorcism? 🥸