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It's like a cold war on technology advancement here... wait. that's just the cold war, except this time more politics, fewer submarines.

• mc32 8y ago
  Kind of opposite of the Cold War, where despite (geo)political differences, we tried to cooperate in the sciences, where possible/prudent...
  • vkou 8y ago
    And unlike the Cold War, both sides' economies are completely tied to trade with the other. Before anyone feels too complacent about that fact - trade doesn't have a great track record of preventing actual wars. WWI was considered unthinkable, because of how tightly the two sides were entangled in trade.
    • lettergram 8y ago
      It's also why several of the countries had issues feeding their populations during the war(s). I think it's fair to say, that what exasperated WWI was the secret (and not so secret), alliances everyone had made. Such that when Austria decided to invade Serbia, France had to declare war on the Ottoman Empire... (traditionally an enemy of Austria)