• itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    39·
    5 months ago

    I think I get the point they’re trying to make, democracy had become complacent and Hitler gave it a common threat and enemy, but in retrospect… Didn’t work out that great now, did it

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      39·
      5 months ago

      It’s difficult to quantify, but I think there is a compelling argument to be made - just off of my head, WW2 led to:

      • the fall of German autocracy/restoration of German democracy (though Hitler did kinda break that one in the first place)
      • Italian and Japanese democracy
      • redistribution of wealth/power in Britain
      • the 4th french republic
      • alignment of the European democracies
      • establishment of the UN
      • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        25·
        5 months ago
        • end of the British empire
        • eventual formation of the EU to replace the League of Nations

        But also

        • invention of the nuclear bomb
        • by extension, escalation of the cold war
        • numerous coups against democratic leaders and proxy wars due to it
      • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
        191·
        5 months ago

        Italian and Japanese democracy

        And, albeit on a longer timeframe, Taiwanese and South Korean democracy.