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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

We're much further ahead than them. Unlike Nazi Germany we're already the world's undisputed hegemon and all of the world's most advanced economies are aligned w us.

Even though some are starting to learn to regret it; they're still more skeptical of China or Russia than they are of us and our military presence within their borders and their dependence on our financial system ensures that they won't stray unless the bombs literally start flying and, by then, it'll be too late.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah obviously there are differences between 1933 Germany and 2025 USA, but it still takes time to do everything. Our hegemony is deteriorating, and the way I see it that's more important for global reaction speed than internal change speed.

    No one currently gives enough of a shit about owning Greenland to want to invade it. The draft is key and I don't think you'll see that until after the mid-terms due to the backlash. That would put us right on the above pace.

    But this is all really speculative and I don't have any particular insight or educational focus on Nazi Germany. I just grew up in the wake of it, my grandfather having fought in the pacific theater.

    There are certainly better prognosticators than me to listen to, but at the end of the day it's all guesswork.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    our system has created enough mass desperation for force people to chose military service rather than living a future of destitution and that guarantees that we will never have another draft.

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