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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by j05ev1f3 on Monday July 06, 2026 @08:57AM (#48803959)
Geographic determinism is one of those theories that explains everything after the fact and predicts almost nothing
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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by canucktrash669 on Monday July 06, 2026 @09:03AM (#48804018)
You could say that about any other determinism. Nevertheless, it's a huge factor in the wealth of nations and a pillar of geopolitics. It's also why we don't all speak german today... /s
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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by Windchaser on Monday July 06, 2026 @02:01PM (#48808218)
Most of this isn't geographical determinism, though. The death of the indigenous americans (allowing settlers to come in and take over), the brain drain after WW2, the first modern democracy (even if the Constitution is a bit kludgy), etc., all not geographical determinism.
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