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> The US and China have far too much common economic interest to go to war short of China doing .... That's probably what people said in, oh, 1910 about German

> The US and China have far too much common economic interest to go to war short of China doing .... That's probably what people said in, oh, 1910 about Germany, Britain, and France.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago
No probably about it. Pre-WW1 was the first era of globalisation, of the oil barons, including the USA and pre-revolutionary China. Quite a few famous names believed there too much economic and trade interdependence to permit another war. Yet once one country started mobilisation war tipped from impossible to inevitable as the web of treaties kicked in.
vonmoltke 7y ago
I'm not aware of anyone who seriously thought that in 1910. The secret network of alliances existed for a reason, after all.
- simonblack 7y ago
  Both points of view existed back in 1910, that war was unthinkable and that war was quite likely. A reflection of today's acceptance of both viewpoints. Book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Illusion