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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by rat87 on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:22AM (#43629119)
I disagree the EU is peaceful because of democratic peace theory and because of the political union not because of trade. If it was just economic and some of those countries were authoritarian I could easily border conflicts turning into wars
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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by oceanplexian on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:55AM (#43629282)
It really hasn’t been particularly peaceful.

The last dictatorship was in the 1970s? The last World War the 40s? The US might have had a civil war but it went in and came out the other side with the same borders, government, and constitution. Still going strong since the 18th century.

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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by Kbelicius on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @02:45AM (#43629491)
The person you are responding to was talking about the EU. It did not exist in the 40s and Spain wasn't a part of it til the 80s. You are really bringing the level of discourse down.
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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by rat87 on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @02:32PM (#43635671)
Yes but how much among democracies?
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