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I don’t think Neville was trying to personally profit from the agreement.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

The substantive difference is that the Czechoslovak territory that Chamberlain and Daladier "gave" to Germany was not already occupied. So to that extent 1938 was worse. But otherwise the comparison looks quite fair.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The US Americans are not the pre-war British in this scenario.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 4 points 3 days ago

@TheReturnOfPEB True that. They were just incompetent. Trump and his aides are literally just nazi Russian bootlickers.

[–] BlueHeron@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is perfect. Can we just start calling him Neville from now on?

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

@BlueHeron Nevil would be a better fit

Edit: because unlike Neville, he's also evil