ayjay
ayjay

I wrote about how modern identity was effectively created by the Great War.

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teedan
teedan

@ayjay Burnham might have been more correct about a phase of managerial vs capitalist dominance in Europe than here, perhaps?

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ayjay
ayjay

@teedan He saw it in Nazi Germany, and believed that it was so efficient that it would spread throughout the world. After all, he argued, its efficacy would be proved by Germany winning WW2.

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teedan
teedan

@ayjay Ah (wincing).

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ayjay
ayjay

@teedan Burnham was not the sort to apologize or retract, but it would be interesting to know whether he'd have written the book at all if he had started it in 1944 instead of 1940.

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