As previously stated and as you know, Barry's subscription to the Great Man Theory of History is deeply wrong, and I feel quite confident in saying that WWII would have happened regardless of the 1918 influenza pandemic due to a great many structural factors in the international system.
Also Woodrow Wilson, noted racist, is nobody's fucking savior.
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Tue, May. 12th, 2020 10:04 pm (UTC)Also Woodrow Wilson, noted racist, is nobody's fucking savior.