Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Survivors of Jan. 8 aid gun controls [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)The League of Nations could not have stopped Hitler. He was a madman who played on the fears, greed, and paranoia of everyday Germans. Not to distract from the story, but since you're going to make such bold claims as that I feel it is my duty to throw them to the rubbish bin in which they belong, and I say that as a full supporter of internationalism. Even assassination might not have stopped Hitler after the germ of Nazism had been spread. How exactly do you think the League of Nations would have stopped the bloodshed of Hitler, Mussolini and Japan?
We have a ban on slavery and that works semi-well. Where would we be if there was no formal ban on slavery? Obviously, legal efforts at protecting and advancing society have some efficacy, otherwise people would not continuously propose them. Progress is possible.
I'm not quite understanding where you're going with all these random examples, but it suffices to say that it shows little evidence of any actual point about the necessity of good governance.