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Originally Posted by LiveUninhibited
Well it would have to be federalized, but given some restrictions, it could economically be done I think, or at least I don't see why not.
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Economically, it could not be done. Look at what it is costing the United States to occupy tiny little Iraq, with a minority insurgency, and they can't achieve stability. It would cost trillions to occupy the world. No one could ever afford such a price. And no socialist economy could ever support such a venture.
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The real problem would be culture. Culture is the glue that holds nations together and while you may militarily occupy a country, that doesn't really make that country German in the long-run. That's why undermanned and underarmed insurgencies can have any impact.
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Well, I'll agree that culture is a factor, but it still isn't the primary factor.
The primary factor is - the guerrilla tactics.
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The Germans would have needed to exterminate most of the world and start producing lots of babies. It would have been hell on earth and probably not worth it to the Germans either.
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No, it definitely would not have been worth it.
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I was stating their goal, not its feasibility, to indicate that the Swiss were not actually immune, just not a priority.
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You guys keep going back to this priority issue. I could certainly see that as a possibility, however let's see some evidence. Show me some evidence that the Nazis did not invade Switzerland
PRECISELY because they did not view it as a priority.