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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by paxys on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:11AM (#29614523)
The sole reason USA leapfrogged the rest of the developed world economically after WW2 was because they didn't have to rebuild everything from scratch.

Cutting off all reliance on China would be economic suicide for any individual nation unless every one mutually agrees on it. Best of luck getting that to happen.

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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by lmilcin on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:16AM (#29614553)
> The sole reason USA leapfrogged the rest of the developed world economically after WW2 was because they didn't have to rebuild everything from scratch.

Nah, you need to read/watch Secret History of Silicon Valley to understand this is false. https://steveblank.com/secret-history/

Obviously, not having to rebuild your country helps. But thinking this is the only or even main reason is very shortsighted, IMO.

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