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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by skywal_l on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @02:11AM (#43629357)
You are probably thinking of Louis the XIV[0] (not Louis the XVI)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_mercantilism

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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by arrosenberg on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @12:43PM (#43634198)
You are correct, I was too lazy to look it up and I eyeballed the timeline.
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