Posted on 04/18/2013 2:04:29 PM PDT by Borges
It’s metastasized. Now you can find clusters of collectivism in Chicago, Madison, Berkeley, Austin, Boulder, Boston, New York, Salt Lake City, Seattle...
But also remember Jan Sobieski...actually a Pole, who literally saved Europe from becoming Islamic in the late 1600s, exactly the same time that Issac Newton was putting the final touches on what would be called Calculus - which was the underpinning needed to launch the Industrial Revolution.
Vienna just happens to be in a really, really, odd spot in Europe. Just after WW2, the Soviets OWNED Austria, but pulled out for no apparent reason...really weird.
Wasn’t part of Yalta agreement that they had to leave Austria after ten years? 1955?
“Wasn’t part of Yalta agreement that they had to leave Austria after ten years? 1955?”
I don’t know history well enough, but I’m sure you’re right. In any case, I suspect that there was a lot to Yalta regarding the freedoms of those in Eastern Europe that weren’t quite met by the Soviets...Austria seemed to be a rare exception.
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