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by bestouff 11 days ago
Yeah sure. It never happened that a great civilization completely collapsed.
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Balgair 10 days ago
I mean, Japan has been through a few 'collapses' in it's written history. The most recent arguably being in 1945.
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red-iron-pine 10 days ago
and then the US invested heavily -- and still does, via military presence -- to build Japan back up to block the Soviets.

who will build them back up in the future? The Chinese would prefer to see them poor.

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bestouff 10 days ago
Sure but I was thinking about more wide-scale collapses like Egyptians or Mayans.
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