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Re:The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019) by LogonType10 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @06:48PM (#29144732)
>The free world's enormous advantage in military competition with China is that they have each other, they have allies.

More precisely, their advantage is that they have America, whose political polarization is being hastened by internal and external actors every day.

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Re:The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019) by wolverine876 on Monday November 08, 2021 @02:58AM (#29146981)
That is the basis of the international order since WWII based on the US economic resources (~50% of the world GDP around 1945, IIRC). But Europe and others have come a long way since then, work together (e.g., the EU!), and could clearly support themselves.
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Re:The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019) by LogonType10 on Monday November 08, 2021 @06:53AM (#29148397)
It's really too bad you can't win wars with printed money.
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Re:The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019) by dash2 on Monday November 08, 2021 @10:50AM (#29150492)
That’s exactly what the US did in WWII. And Britain in the C18.
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Re:The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019) by rsj_hn on Monday November 08, 2021 @02:28PM (#29153168)
Everyone suspended convertibility during WW1.

The U.S. also in the Civil War.

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Re:The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019) by wolverine876 on Monday November 08, 2021 @02:22PM (#29153094)
What wars have been won without it since the gold standard was abandoned?
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