Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Lemme ask you, Biggles, would it have been a better world if the British and French democracies had gone down? If Kaiserism triumphed in Europe? (I am out of time, will get back to you on Sunday.)
Some aspects of Bismarks Socialization of Germany sure triumphed in THIS country!
Sozial Politik there, Social Security here. They made age 65 the retirement age because according to statistics at the time, 65 was the average of death . . . nice! Instead of saying, "Eat straw," as they did a century earlier, the Prince now said, "Give me your money, and I'll let you have some of it back, if I think you need it."
And America's so-called "Intellectuals" wailed that Germany is fifty years ahead of us in "social legislation."
America didn't defeat Bismark and Hitler . . . America BECAME Bismark and Hitler.
Ken V.