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Reflect on this in the context of the US right now. Makuthink.

• rbanffy 4mo ago
  It was filed under “unintentional allegory”. Or intentional, it’s hard to say.
• ahartmetz 4mo ago
  >[...] where promotions were based on the favor of a man who did not have the character to set a consistent policy made for a state that was not a credible partner. >Germany’s interests were incomprehensible and thus there was no option other than to balance against this rogue state in the heart of Europe >There was a saying of the Kaiser in Vienna, that Wilhelm wished to be “the stag at every hunt, the bride at every wedding, and the corpse at every funeral.” Indeed, indeed.