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Re:American Equity by WalterBright on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:09PM (#15791428)
That happened as well in S. America, but S. America did not become a superpower. There's something else at work.
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Re:American Equity by vkou on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:20PM (#15792698)
South America, unlike England, did not have captive colonial markets, that it could sell its mass-manufactured goods to. South America was the captive colonial market.
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Re:American Equity by WalterBright on Monday November 27, 2017 @07:07PM (#15793027)
S.A. had their revolts against colonial rule as well as the US.
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