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Much of the UK's decline from 1910 to 1950 was from spending its money funding WW1 and WW2. Hopefully we don't get world wars soon.

• harry8 8mo ago
  Quite.
• dh2022 8mo ago
  Plus the Japanese beating the British so badly all over Southeast Asia. This gave a lot of momentum to independence in Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and eventually India.
  • wltr 8mo ago
    Thailand? From whom?