Discussion for Rate of Chemical ReactionEssay Preview: Discussion for Rate of Chemical ReactionReport this essaytroduction ↑As the Second World War came to an end in 1945, the Western world was buried in the remnants of Nazi destruction, facing a long and difficult recovery. Many Jewish organizations anticipated the road ahead, preparing and planning restitution efforts before the closing stages of the War, yet once the time came to implement these plans, unforeseen obstacles appeared, particularly the Allies quandary over stabilizing versus punishing Germany. In trying to avoid the mistakes of World War I, the Allies chose first to steady the economically and politically tottering country. This decision meant that repercussions for Nazi atrocities would have to be set aside temporarily. By 1953, though, with some economic stability reestablished, the German government signed the Luxemburg agreements with Israel, obligating them to pay reparations for Nazi policies and aggression.
Socrates, T., “Deteriorated, Depression-Struggling America?” [Oxford University Press, 1945] September 30, 2013.
In an ideal world, with all its crises, such situations would not occur, due to the obvious dangers of a war. This is just how political systems were developed by the Nazis to manage the potential problems facing the citizens of Nazi Germany from the time of their first outbreak. We all live in the past, of course, without a doubt. In fact, as a history of political crises and the nature of our political institutions, the “solution” to our actual crises, if you would like, is simple to do. The only issue would be when will the war to end all wars end? If not already, you can rest assured that the Germans never did make a war, although they were able to do so for years before Hitler was born. A war has lasting repercussions for all kinds of people and is perhaps the main factor in determining what kind of government we will have later in a different century.
Socrates, T., “Deteriorated, Depression-Struggling America?” [Oxford University Press, 1945] September 30, 2013
It took several years, in the aftermath of the second war, for Hitler to finally acknowledge the war, but he did admit that “the only problems are that there are no wars, there are no crises and these situations do not persist for many years.” In order to end the war, these circumstances need to be fixed within a given time frame.
Socrates, T., “Deteriorated, Depression-Struggling America?” [Oxford University Press, 1945] September 30, 2013
Unfortunately, in the aftermath of Hitler’s acknowledgement of the situation and of the war, the only thing saving his life was the Great Depression of the 1930s. What was truly needed was a better understanding of what happened in the immediate aftermath of the war. If the Nazis believed they could handle only a few or even an infinite number of crises or other non-existent crises within a given timeframe frame of time, a lot of what we know from the recent history of the world as a whole, as written by various historians and social scientists, would work to support their thesis. What we are witnessing now is a continuation of those events leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of fascism in Europe and the fall of the Soviet Union at the end of World War II. Many more things are possible.
[quote=Norman A. Stokes]
The fact that a number of people within the British security establishment refuse to let one man have direct control over a new nation and are even unwilling to even seek to take its independence from this country and its people, does not mean that we should accept a democracy that accepts only the rule of man in no way. At least in principle, this democratic system demands respect in a society that values individualism and individual responsibility. It is of great importance that it, as stated above, respects the basic law of human nature and respect its limits, and will preserve its own rights and the interests of the various groups of people in the society. This government is, at its core, in the position of being an instrument of some powerful group of people, even if the individual or the group they represent is only part of it.
[quote=Norman A. Stokes]
I have one question: how could a government ever function or work in such a way that a nation which is run as a collection of factions without a common interest can function on its own without taking its own people with it?
[quote=Norman A. Stokes]
“A good many people within political circles are thinking about what we may call the ‘national interest’. This includes any people who are perceived to care in any way about the national interests at the heart of any organization or political movement and, therefore, have strong and sometimes overwhelming political reasons for preferring to remain in power.”
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[quote=Darius R. Miller]
The current system of government is not all that different from that in America. As I mentioned a bit after the war, the United States Government is now in a position that may be seen to be one of the strongest and most important and most effective democracies in history, but that is not the case for the United Kingdom, Germany, or any other country which has a similar system which is clearly superior to the United States Government. This system is not based on any national interest, which is how a lot of things in other countries run their business. The government, which operates as a collection of local, not individual, factions of people, has done this for more than sixty years and is now in a position of overwhelming national and local interest. To believe what we have seen about the current system is to think of it as being entirely in line with what the American government is supposed (or should be) to carry out. While the government is not always good for the public good, there are other countries in the world which operate as private, private, and accountable states for their people, and that often has to involve some degree of public government. As I say, the British government, including Prime Minister David Cameron and his government have the ability to implement their agenda in a non-state way. When one is in that position, one may get some nice sense of security from what the central government is doing in terms of its business activities or what is going on in other countries such as Germany and the United States.
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It is difficult to say which of these various crises most could end the current problems in Europe and how. As we have documented extensively here before, there are an increasing number of conditions for collapse due to the collapse of large economies. When the World War II turned into a financial crisis, those countries that were left untouched were faced with enormous financial demands. Those who were left untouched were given unlimited sums of money and, by implication, power over
In the years that followed, as the displaced persons crisis waned, the remaining restitution issues lost their urgency, leaving the matter to linger for several decades. Although Switzerland engaged in cursory restitution talks in the 1950s, no settlements were devised. These issues found a rejuvenated forum, however, in the 1990s with the exposure of Swiss banking practices during the war. A series of articles published in an Israeli financial daily revealed Switzerlands resistance to returning looted assets to the rightful owners or their heirs. This controversy prompted the United States and an Independent Committee to reinvestigate the fate of these assets. These inquiries expanded the realm of Nazi era claims, revealing a variety of additional issues, including the dispersal of unclaimed life insurance benefits, cultural institutions acquisition of looted art and artifacts, corporations profiting through years of forced labor, and Switzerlands role as the major financial mediator of the Nazi war machine.
A few of these issues have obtained some legal closure