re: Would it have been better if Germany would have won WW1? The First One.

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A quick win by Germany means that there is far less cost to pay in reparations, even if Germany chose to be as harsh as the Allies did. Where do you see that making the next Hitler?

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You seem to imply that since you know how things went down in actual history, that by changing a few variables you can predict what would happen in an alternative. We are not omniscient. We have no idea what butterfly effect of a German win would do to continental Europe.

The Germans weren't the only people capable of lashing out post defeat. We have no idea how certain powder kegs of that continent would have evolved. We have no idea if a German win would have delayed the inevitable for Russia. We have no idea what person, who because of how history actually played out, remains unknown to us, who had Germany been victorious, could have showed up in any corner of Europe to bring about massive suffering.

We can't just say "No Hitler, no Stalin, we're good"