This is plagiarism, but since I can’t remember whether or where or when I read, heard or overheard someone saying this I’ll just have to go ahead and spew it;
In years that followed it the 1914-1918 war was the seen as one of the most brutal periods of human history. It was the war to end all wars, the like of which nobody assumed would be seen again. So they called it the Great War.
1939 – 1945 changed all that. With over 70 million dead on both sides the Great War was no longer so unique and as a result it was renamed World War I.
There was another event that shaped the twentieth century; the Great Depression. From 1929 to the 30s and 40s, the largest and most significant economic depression devastated the economies of once-wealthy nations. The cause? The 1929 stock market crash.
It doesn’t take a genius to see where this is heading; could it be that soon we’ll be forced into rebranding the Great Depression? Are about to start GD II?
Whether this happens or not, what we call it is surely the least significant part of it all. But I’m wondering if, right now, tinkering with the packaging is about all we can do.
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