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> he US had the power to conquer much of the world at the end of WW2 And it did. FDR administration calculated that the US would end up in de facto control of
by unity1001 4y ago
> he US had the power to conquer much of the world at the end of WW2
And it did. FDR administration calculated that the US would end up in de facto control of 75% of the world, and drafted a 'world' in which every country would function as a colony of the US with a certain good or resource to produce for the US industry. Indonesia, for example, were tasked with producing rubber. When they got a socialist administration and tried 'independent development', trying to manufacture things that they shouldnt, voila - they got a coup, NYT celebrated as 'a great win for democracy' even as the coup government proceeded to bury 300,000 intellectuals, left wingers, trade union leaders, communists etc alive. And Indonesia went back to 'knowing its place' and doing what its master wanted.
Same situation with China - they became way more than a slave labor shop for the US business. And 'the master' is trying to 'put them in their place' right now. Like it did to Japan with the Plaza Accords.
- manuelabeledo 4y agoIndonesia and China are hardly comparable here. The US lost grip on China once the civil war ended, and it could be argued that one of the reasons why the KMT lost was, in fact, the lack of military support by the US.
- unity1001 4y agoIndonesia was just an example of how FDR admn. allocated 'responsibilities' to the new 'colonies'. China is a different case.
- sarma912 4y agowhy are you getting down-voted lol
- unity1001 4y agoThinly veiled nationalism still dominates Angloamerica. The proposition of any evildoing except the most blatant and undeniable one (like the Iraqi WMD case), triggers their self-defense instincts that make them defend their group cohesion and the social group they identify with.
- sarma912 4y agoThe (post ww2) world is dived up for the US to take over and Africa is bread crumbs for the then lesser imperial Europeans is well documented.