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> Silicon valley’s foundation is building tools of war to defeat fascists Entirely by accident - the US wasn't fighting fascists for some ideals of democracy a
by sofixa 2y ago
> Silicon valley’s foundation is building tools of war to defeat fascists
Entirely by accident - the US wasn't fighting fascists for some ideals of democracy and freedom, or to liberate conquered peoples, or to save Jews being slaughtered; but because the fascists were invading and declaring war left and right, including against the US. Without Japan attacking, and Germany joining, the US would have probably sat the war out (of course still contributing a lot of armaments and loans to the UK, but that was probably as far as the public and Congress would have allowed things to go).
> the world’s most diverse nation
The US doesn't even make the top 50 other than in religion, which doesn't count IMO (because US subreligious groups are incredibly close to one another):
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-diverse-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-dive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_an...