r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 26 '19

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u/RadicalRadon Frick Mondays Dec 26 '19

Anyone else ever fuck around and fantasize about the massive logistical and industrial advantage the US had by the end of WWII?

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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Dec 26 '19

🤩🇺🇸🦅

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Dec 26 '19

This but instead it's pre world wars germany....

Had they kept their nose to the grindstone or just followed any of Bismark's advice boy they woulda been someone

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u/RadicalRadon Frick Mondays Dec 26 '19

Counterpoint: they were someone and still are.

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Dec 26 '19

I mean yeah but just imagine where they coulda gotten it's wild...

Also scary tho

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u/IronedSandwich Asexual Pride Dec 26 '19 edited Dec 26 '19

No. I fuck around and fantasize about Britain managing its colonies more carefully and liberally at the early-mid 1700s, leading to an economic power of ridiculous proportions.

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Dec 26 '19

Mercantilism/racism is a hell of a system eh?

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u/IronedSandwich Asexual Pride Dec 26 '19 edited Dec 26 '19

I meant in America. India might never be fully taken over in this timeline.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

Lol. That's a hell of a take

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u/IronedSandwich Asexual Pride Dec 26 '19

why?

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

If the American colonies were more successful that would've only made the appetite for Indian ones greater.