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What I mean is early US history. When the colonies' industries started growing and outperforming the home industries, the governments of Europe started systemat
by candiodari 8y ago
What I mean is early US history. When the colonies' industries started growing and outperforming the home industries, the governments of Europe started systematically sabotaging the American (then not-quite-yet-American of course) businesses, eventually using the police and even army to use direct violence against them.
Incumbents really don't react well to upstarts even just performing decently.
- mistermann 8y agoThat's what's so interesting about modern times, both the leaders of incumbent countries as well as the citizens seem not only not worried about threats from rising countries, but in many cases determined to defend and assist them in their endeavor to dethrone the current incumbents. I wonder if history has ever seen anything like this before, at least on such a widespread scale.