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Korea, Japan, and Germany were violently subjugated by the US. We didn't just "free trade" our way into making them nice.
by Consultant32452 3y ago
Korea, Japan, and Germany were violently subjugated by the US. We didn't just "free trade" our way into making them nice.
- CamperBob2 3y agoTIL the Marshall Plan was "violent subjugation"
- Consultant32452 3y agoWe literally nuked Japan and intentionally carpet bombed civilian infrastructure in Germany.
- CamperBob2 3y agoWe didn't make them nice by destroying them. We made them nice by rebuilding them afterward in our image. Which, as it turned out, was a lot better than what they were working with previously.
- parineum 3y agoin the case of Germany and especially Japan, violently pacified is a much better phrase.