That is a generalization like no other. In Belgium for instance the public television is known for her pro cd&v (center party) stance. That is to name one example. France or especially Italy aren't very good examples either. Also note how the papers or the internet are a source as well.

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Belgium, the netherlands, poland and russia all used a lot of horses for special "cavalry" units. Truth being told, it was more a matter of mobility because in combat situations they dismounted most of the times. So it was more like mobile infantry. They were also used for scouting and messaging. Germany also used this type of cavalry.

Some Polish cavalry units actually did desperate charges against tanks. I saw a picture of it during a visit to a WW2 museum. The tank they tried to attack was one they only had in WW2. So unless the foto was a (very good) fake, these things happened. I must admit I have no clue about the frequency or quantity of these events.

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assys,
"Inflation always happens, without inflation there is no economical growth."
That is a simplification. But I agree you need a very small inflation % for economic growth.

"Optimal inflation is between 2% and 5%."
It depends however on your definition of inflation. You have the real inflation, which is a guess, or the inflation "measured" which I think is what you mean. Either way I disagree.

"Lower or higher leads to economical disasters."
That is not necessarily true. It depends on a lot of things.

Inflation often is the result of other things. When economy booms and there are low unemployment rates, it often -not always but often - results in inflation. This does not mean that high inflation causes an increase in economy or employment. Its more like a symptom.

Your story of people living on credit is true. However, if inflation wouldn't have been as high, they would have been able to save more. Inflation made the global population less rich. The system would have exploded one day but it would have bought some time thats for sure. Also economy would have recovered far quicker. Note that with low inflation consumers could afford more, and economy would boom. This causes an increase in employment rates and this in its turn would allowed more people to pay their rent.

Investors only stopped investing after they though other investors would. A lot of people knew the problem all along.

If the credit problem did not exist, another crisis would have happened. Sooner or later. It was more or less inevitable.

I'm not against the idea itself. But one main problem I see is how you separate the bad guys from the good guys? I mean ok you invade but how many ground forces you need to control a population of (from wiki)+/- 110,000,000 man? Thats insanely expensive.

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@justinian
Rome might be symbolic ok and has a rich history but that's about it. Apart from that I agree. It will not happen very soon tough.

It would save a whole lot of administration and be a far more stable currency. Both effects save a huge amount of money. I'm sure obama is still able to hand it out to one or another big company going down but ok.

It would also prevent speculation against the euro or the dollar. Both can end up in a worldwide crisis.