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by randycupertino 2077 days ago
Didn't Germany already try this exact method and fail following their post-WWI sanctions? They had to pay back something like $132 billion gold marks London Schedule of Payments required Germany to pay ~ $132 billion gold marks and issued a bunch of currency leading to hyerinflation? And resentment, populism and nationalism rose and things went pear shaped from there.
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They failed because they lost the war.