Since Trump took office in January, hurling insults and threatening devastating tariffs and U.S. drone strikes, Mexico has been seized by a nationalistic fervor.
The US got fat after being one of the few industrialized nations that still had widespread infrastructure intact after WW2.
But yeah, US had a very lucrative soft power setup going on after the rest of the world rebuilt and/or modernized. It’s insane that the Trump administration has all but virtually destroyed that in the span of 1 term and only a few months into a second term. I don’t even understand why his billionaire fuckwad cronies are enabling it, as this will only hurt them long-term. Then again, the majority of these dip shits are incapable of thinking long-term sustainability.
The US managed to horde 80% of global reserves of gold by selling weapons to allied nations during WW2.
Being the greatest beneficiary of WW2 is a story that rarely gets told.
I mean kudos is deserved for rapidly industrializing into a weapons manufacturing hotspot when the demand was skyrocketing but a lot of Americans are taught that US ascension post WW2 was entirely self determined which is brain rot level propoganda.
The US got fat after being one of the few industrialized nations that still had widespread infrastructure intact after WW2.
But yeah, US had a very lucrative soft power setup going on after the rest of the world rebuilt and/or modernized. It’s insane that the Trump administration has all but virtually destroyed that in the span of 1 term and only a few months into a second term. I don’t even understand why his billionaire fuckwad cronies are enabling it, as this will only hurt them long-term. Then again, the majority of these dip shits are incapable of thinking long-term sustainability.
The US managed to horde 80% of global reserves of gold by selling weapons to allied nations during WW2.
Being the greatest beneficiary of WW2 is a story that rarely gets told.
I mean kudos is deserved for rapidly industrializing into a weapons manufacturing hotspot when the demand was skyrocketing but a lot of Americans are taught that US ascension post WW2 was entirely self determined which is brain rot level propoganda.
While making it illegal for US citizens to own large amounts of it, to boot