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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @02:00AM (#19308633)
> Then Japan has almost zero natural resources and nearly had a shot at taking over the world...

Did they? Or was that just something American businessmen liked to scare each other with in a post-war era?

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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by dalbasal on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @02:34AM (#19308823)
Japanese industry, during the height of its growth phase (say 1980) was very good, and the trend (projected indefinitely, a mistake we always make) implied crazy things.
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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by wallace_f on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @02:05AM (#19308658)
Also during the war, they put up a pretty good fight for it all things considered.
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