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Not to mention the other half of the wealth was battered, war torn, and bombed to shit. The US got to take their wealth and invest it in innovation and growth.
by avianlyric 6y ago
Not to mention the other half of the wealth was battered, war torn, and bombed to shit.
The US got to take their wealth and invest it in innovation and growth. Europe had to beg, borrow and steal just to rebuild what it had a couple of decades earlier.
- CamperBob2 6y agoA helluva lot of post-WWII "investment in innovation and growth" was spent in Europe. You're welcome.
- avianlyric 6y agoYou’re not wrong. Something that the US has reaped the benefits of ever since, in the form of a huge market to trade with, and join it in its various wars. It certainly wasn’t charity, and most of it was via loans that were repaid. So yes, thank you, but equally don’t get too big for your boots, it was driven by only shrewd self-interest.