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And Henry Miller once said that "A family should lose itself once every three generations." But Henry's motivation probably had more to do with socialism and dislike of inherited wealth.

"My daughter has a genetic condition that was being researched by the University of Gothenburg. We had family histories that assisted with their research. Sometimes its good to know where you come from, provided you don't live more in their world than your own.

Le plus ca change, Le plus ca remain the same. (Just "un peu" French. Been a while, more likely to use Spanish in Kansas."

Henry Miller was in fact a good person in the true, regretfully, somewhat naive sense of the word.

The same in fact goes for one-half of a person like Stalin.

Stalin was a mentally sick man, but rose to the occasion like a hero when the evil of Nazi Germany threatened to conquer the whole of Russia.

If Hitler would have won WWII, there'd be no America today.

What am I trying to say?

This:

Don't confuse Socialism/Communism with its spokesmen. Some of them aren't aware they're actually intellectuals/patriots/heroes and not red morons.

By the way, Glad to find out University of Gothenburg is helping people.

In fact, I once studied there (Theory of Science, Economical History as well as Corporate Management). Great place!

"Henry Miller was in fact a good person in the true, regretfully, somewhat naive sense of the word."

He was "good" in a Northeastern Liberal way, but he was not a morally good person.

"Stalin was a mentally sick man, but rose to the occasion like a hero when the evil of Nazi Germany threatened to conquer the whole of Russia."

I can't see a meaningful distinction between the evil of Nazi German and Stalinist Russia. Both were repressive statist regimes. The only reason the US supported Stalin is the socialist apologists in the US "intellectual" class that overlooked or justified Soviet atrocities like the forced collectivization of the Ukraine. (9 to 10 million Ukrainian deaths.) It is very likely that Stalin's Russia won because of the aid that was sent to him by the US.

Respective Body Counts. Stalin; About 15 million deaths in the Gulags. Hitler; about 12 million in the Konzentrationsanlags. Including military and civilian deaths as a result of war or it would be 25 million vs. 40 million. Birds of a feather.

"If Hitler would have won WWII, there'd be no America today"

Have to disagree. For the US to cease to exist Hitler and Japan would have to have both invaded and conquered the US. This wasn't going to happen. There didn't exist ships enough in the world to transport the numbers of tanks and German and axis soldiers that it would have taken to conquer the US and Canada. We had more privately owned guns, factories, more natural resources (iron, coal, gas), more know how (in science, engineering and manufacturing) and a greater will. As a nation we were--with perhaps the exception of rubber (and coffee)-- totally self sufficient. Certainly one of the reasons Germany was expansionist was the fact that it was not entirely self sufficient. (How much iron from Mora did the Germans use to build the tanks left rusting at Stalingrad?)

"By the way, Glad to find out University of Gothenburg is helping people. In fact, I once studied there (Theory of Science, Economical History as well as Corporate Management). Great place!"

I have not traveled to Gothenberg, but have seen a lot of photos from around the harbor area (The twisty building!). I like water and harbors. It looks like an interesting place.
We wrote to the Univ. Gothenberg in the early 1990s regarding my daughter's condition (Rett Syndrome). They did not find any direct link to the condition in known Rett populations in Sweden. Thats OK. A negative result still holds scientific value.
Anyway, have a good evening!