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> That regime was almost uniformly disastrous Weird then that we became the richest most powerful country in the world precisely during that same time period.
by guelo 7y ago
> That regime was almost uniformly disastrous
Weird then that we became the richest most powerful country in the world precisely during that same time period.
- rayiner 7y agoNo we did that throughout the 19th century: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/1_AD_to_2008_AD_trends_in_%25_GDP_contribution_by_major_economies_of_the_world.png/1200px-1_AD_to_2008_AD_trends_in_%25_GDP_contribution_by_major_economies_of_the_world.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/1_.... We became the richest country in the world around 1890 when we overtook China.