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Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday January 23, 2026 @01:24AM (#46729126)
WWI "coincided with the decline of heavy industry" ? I can't think of any UK-based heavy industry that didn't dramatically expand between the end of WWI and say, 1958.
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Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by biofox on Saturday January 24, 2026 @07:23PM (#46749247)
The UK dominated the world in coal production, shipbuilding, factory machinery and textile mills before WW1, and went into steady decline post-war.

E.g. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikael-Hoeoek/publicati...

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