• Heavybell@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I feel like America’s dominance has a lot more to do with its size (geographically and population-wise), access to natural resources, and coming late into WW2.

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      8 months ago

      Being late to WW2 helped and so did being distant from both fronts. Thus no widespread damage and ruin to recover from for decades.

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        8 months ago

        And all that lend-lease money to collect :P (I assume, at least. If someone comes in and tells me the US wasn’t paid for all that gear I’ll be shocked, but prepared to believe it since stranger things have happened)

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      8 months ago

      This is accurate - I think you’re right; it would have been more realistic for me to list it as one of a number of important factors working in the US’s favor.