• Nalivai@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      It took Germany decades and at least couple of generations to shake off the lable, and in a lot of cases they still do. Obviously it’s not forever, but decades might as well be forever if you’re trying to open an international business or whatever

    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, you’re probably right. But a lot of trust will still be gone, it’s hard to make serious commitments with a country that has a history of ripping them up.

    • Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      If something takes more than 4 years it gets lumped into “never” territory because no political party wants the next party to get credit for their work.

      Guarantee it took Germany more than 4 years to recover their reputation (and even then, not enough to do well in Eurovision).

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      11 months ago

      The problem other country have is they are owed and they owe other countries USD. Its been the reserve currency since before the US stole Europe’s gold, its the currency of our global financial system.