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		pjc50 on Dec 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Knowledge from small number of debates outperforms... It was attempts to align the borders of Germany the state with the German-speaking areas of Europe that got us into this mess, with the annexation of the Sudetenland.

sonnyblarney on Dec 20, 2018 | [–]

The borders among 'German speaking people' have been nutbars since time immemorial, frankly the concept of a fairly federalized Germany is a very, very new thing in history.

agsdfgsd on Dec 20, 2018 | [–]

I don't follow. How did that get us "into this mess"? Maybe I am confused about what exactly you consider to be "this mess".

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