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Re:Owe Your Banker £1k You Are at His Mercy; Owe Him £1M the... by Solstinox on Thursday October 10, 2024 @07:59PM (#41804802)
The transfer of wealth from the UK to the US as a result of WW1 and WW2 debts is one of the more substantial wealth transfers in history.
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Re:Owe Your Banker £1k You Are at His Mercy; Owe Him £1M the... by Der_Einzige on Thursday October 10, 2024 @09:41PM (#41805309)
Simply reparations for 1776 and 1812!
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Re:Owe Your Banker £1k You Are at His Mercy; Owe Him £1M the... by mncharity on Thursday October 10, 2024 @10:41PM (#41805526)
Nod. Well, world to UK to US. With an industrial and imperial giant harvesting the wealth of the world, and then impoverishing itself, in part, to the US. I'd love to see Sankey diagrams of it all.
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