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by FredPret
777 days ago
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Only militarily did the US become a superpower in WW2. I was an economic powerhouse long before then. The 1930's US stock market crash brought down the entire world! As another point, it's not possible to make a ton of money selling weapons if you don't already have a thriving manufacturing sector. You have to at least be doing well to begin with. According to [0], the US reached parity with the UK (probably the richest country in Europe at the time?) in terms of GDP per capita in 1880! [0] https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/historicaldevelopment/maddison/relea... |
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