• cy888@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    1945 to date, not 250 years

    Until WW2, USA was not a world power

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      11 hours ago

      The USA has been the largest economy in the world since 1870-1890. By 1913 they were more than twice the size of their nearest global rival. The USA has been a world power for a long time, they just used to be a bit more isolationist, they should go back to doing that.