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Originally Posted by Dixie Chicken
Doesn't the example of the 1930s and then WW2 appear at least to suggest the opposite?
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well as i noted, i adhere to the view that stalin defeated hitler.
as the others have noted as well, britain became a quasi socialist state for the duration as well.
the cold war is the only real triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and probably the only kind where it has advantage; ie economic agility and technological advance.
you've said it before; the idea of the west taking on an islamic coalition (for example) without nukes, is almost embarrasing to contemplate.