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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by bduerst on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @12:46PM (#12002847)
Imperialism is alive and well today, it's just that it's less noticeable since total war has been infeasible since the atomic age.
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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by dpc59 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @01:39PM (#12003209)
Go tell that to people who live in Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, Palestine or Libya.
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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by bduerst on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @03:12PM (#12003940)
Puppet wars, not Total War. There's a difference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war

We haven't experienced Total War in our lifetime (thankfully), but when referencing the imperial dynasties in history as being more noticeable, it's usually because the wars they held were total.

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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by ommunist on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @03:07PM (#12003898)
Yugoslavia, Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey...
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