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Re:My new favorite book of all time by CWuestefeld on Monday January 29, 2018 @06:37PM (#16261612)
Or more to the point, countries that trade together don't go to war against each other. The surest way to keep the peace is to be mutually dependent.
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Re:My new favorite book of all time by mcguire on Monday January 29, 2018 @08:56PM (#16262299)
That was the assertion prior to WWI.
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Re:My new favorite book of all time by intrasight on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:41AM (#16279839)
Exactly. It's not enough to have mutual dependency. You must also have liberal democracies.
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