US, us, us and them, them, them

I think the primary social cause of the Cold War originated from the political and economic conflict. The main social cause was the hatred and suspicion between the two. The main political cause of the war was the differences between Communism and Democracy. The main economic conflict came from the difference in ideology between free trade/market and government control of the economy.
I think the primary cause was the political differences between the two nations. It was because the USSR was Communistic that they were suspicious and wanted to spot their form of government from spreading.
I think that both are to blame for the escalation to near direct war because of the one up quality both had. Once the US had the atomic bomb, the USSR started making their own, then the US started making more, then the USSR made even more, and then after a time mutually assured distroction was reached. If either had put aside their differences, I am not saying it would have been simple or easy, then they both could have avoided a near world destruction during the Cubin Missle Crisis and at other times.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

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The life under German Occupation was almost stereotypical. Resources were short and knock-offs were given to the people of France. The Germans exploited the concord people, like a good conqueror should, and resistance was small.
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Every path we've ever taken, can't admit we were mistaken.

        In the reading Hitler lists off the reasons why he thinks Great Britain and America should not of entered the war against Germany. His thoughts were that Great Britain should have been Germany's ally and that the U.S. had no real reason to enter the war (please note, this is a quick paraphrase and more detail can be found in the reading). Do you personally believe that these ideas, Great Britain alliance and U.S. neutrality, where reasonable? After this, Hitler would later add a postscript predicting the Cold War. If it is true that Hitler had such great political knowledge that he could foresee the Cold war, why could he not of guessed before the war that Great Britain and the U.S. would side against Germany.
        The question for you is; why do you think that Hitler was wrong in his assumptions about G.B. and the U.S, but right about the Cold War?

All the Angels I Know Put Concrete in My Veins.

Have I been the only one that noticed a back-clash against the Church of Europe after WWI? I noticed this when I was working on the project and looking at the thoughts of Nietzsche and Freud. Both have a negative view of the Church. I was wondering where these anti-church views originated from. It could be that as science advanced religion started to become obsolete like with Darwin. Or it could have been from the extreme tragedy that was WW1. But the views was a common one that god/religion is now dead after WW1. What killed God? 

I had put away my labour, and my leisure too, for his civility.

I think that any complex government created purely in theory among many wise philosophers will work, in theory. But I think the problem with theory arises when it is attempted to be but into practice. Humans tend to give other humans the benefit of the doubt. The Communist Manifesto is a great example of this. The book creates a great example of a perfect sounding theory, but when attempted to be put into use it starts to crumble. But it is about the book and not the use of it, so I think the book spent a little to much time telling how to create a perfect utopia but never tells how to fix it when it starts to crumble due to human greed. I think that if the philosophers focused on both sides of ideal government, what is ideal and how to keep it ideal, the book would of helped governments that tried to implemented communist governments from getting corrupt as quickly.     

Not all who wander are lost

The lost generation claim power from being a people who are lost. They claim that the great tragedy that was WW1 made them loss faith. "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him." During the time the people lost faith both politically and spiritually. This period in time shows a time where people rebelled against the culture before the war and started to try and create there own way of life. This is America is called the roaring twenties. By creating there own way of life and leaving the old way behind, I believe that they were not lost per-say but wandering and creating they own culture.

The Best Part of Nothing

The idea I wondered about while reading the last part of the reading was the Russian Tsar. Why did the Tsar want the power to lead the nation as a sole supreme power so badly. The Tsar was willing to risk public outcry and rebellions just to stay in complete power. In order to keep most subjects in Russia happy he need only to listen to the Duma everyone now and them, but instead he ignored all ideas that they purposed. When the people did start rebelling, the Tsar set in troops and police to stop the riots by threat of force or force.
I think the time may have had an effect on the Tsar. Every time he tried to develop international diplomacy it was seen as a sign of weakness. This could led the Tsar to not want to show any more weakness by listening to the people.