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Context: This is an archived article from 1939 by "Foreign Affairs".

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/germany/1939-04-01/will-hitler-save-democracy

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[-] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 5 months ago* (last edited 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 28 points 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.zone 20 points 5 months ago

Italian and Japanese democracy

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

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