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This most certainly looks like "bot-nonsense".

"Given that an ISIS attack in Paris just helped fuel the sweeping election victory of an actually fascist party in France". What is this low level journalism doing on HN ? 1. The "Front National" is an extremely conservative party with racist undertones but certainly not fascist. The Republican Party seems far more conservative on certain subjects. However the "Front National" does have quite a statist vision of the economy. 2. It is far from having won a "sweeping victory". It may win, worst case scenario, 4 regions out of 13 next Sunday, which is unprecedented but not a sweeping victory.

Fascinating question. In my opinion, it is because the Kaiser was so inconsistent that such a drama could unfold - his never ending blathering facilitated the rise of hawkish people in his entourage (and the german empire at the time was full of those), in turn increasing the risk of a full scale conflict which eventually broke out in the summer of 1914. It is only insofar that Germany can be deemed as "more" responsible for the outbreak of the first world war. Anyways, the absence of proper check and balances apart from the Kaiser made the downfall of the regime inevitable on the long run.

The article was very interesting - I find the whole idea of "innovation tokens" very compelling. However, I didn't understand how Rumsfeld came into play here. Did somebody understand this point ? I feel like I'm missing something out here.