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Comment on Um, actually, Neville Chamberlain didn't "cave" to Hitler, he actually got a lot out of the deal.

Chamberlain wanted peace above all. He was facing a political crisis at home and a still recovering economy from WW1.

The peace deal with the Nazi wasn’t spineless it was a lesson in what not to do when faced with fascism, something that perhaps needs to be relearned the hard way in modern times.

It’s documented that ultimately he felt like he had failed the country, indeed he never recovered politically.

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Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This is a shitpost, satirizing recent events in the US.

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- zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Satire by misrepresentation of history. Of course you’ll get these kinds of reply.
  
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- PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’m a little dumb what’s the recent event
  
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  - PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Several US Senators of the Democratic Party have expressed intent to end the current government shutdown without gaining the concessions the rest of the party has been demanding. Unfortunately, they’re numerous enough (8) that they may be able to force the issue.
    
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  - Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The deal to end the shutdown. Imo the Dems caved, getting very little in exchange.
    
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    yakko@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The difference between the two, of course, was that at the time they thought Neville had really done it, and I can’t even fathom even Schumer thinking he’s done a great thing.
    
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- MrNesser@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah I know. But I found th conjecture regarding Chamberlain quite interesting and decided to reply.
  
  It’s odd that we are still learning the same lessons 70+ years on
  
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icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I think it’s likely that the war may have played out very differently had Sudetenland not been given. Imho it, and the subsequent invasion gave have much more justification and support for a declaration than had he stood firm. As there would have been a large ‘what if’ crowd.

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Mrkawfee@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Small detail but the economy was still recovering from the Depression, not World War 1. The UK boomed in the 1920s.

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