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Re:Why America keeps building corrupt client states by amai on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:06AM (#28299700)
But not every client state turned out to be so corrupt that it collapsed immediately. Japan and Western Germany after the second world war for example did quite well despite being occupied by the US. Other examples are South Korea and Taiwan. What did they do different at that time? It seems the US somehow lost the know-how on how to create stable client states after Vietnam.
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Re:Why America keeps building corrupt client states by distances on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:39AM (#28299910)
I'm no historian, but both Germany and Japan were industrialized, highly educated, stable societies with strict hierarchies and a culture of following orders. I don't think Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan can reasonably be compared.
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Re:Why America keeps building corrupt client states by MichaelZuo on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @09:37AM (#28301505)
Also both countries had at least one very big reason to not be corrupt sitting close by.
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