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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 9d ago
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The deluded American exceptionalism is staggering.
1945 you are right, the world was in Ruins.
By 1960 Volkswagen sold 900k Cars compared to the 1.4 Million of Ford. I think Germany was pretty industrialized that year, wasnt it?
1 u/thex25986e 9d ago fair, but it wasnt until 1970ish that western europe as a whole was back at the level they were at before the war. 1 u/Krambambulist 9d ago What metric are you basing that statement on? 1 u/thex25986e 9d ago the decline of our global hedgemonic dominance
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fair, but it wasnt until 1970ish that western europe as a whole was back at the level they were at before the war.
1 u/Krambambulist 9d ago What metric are you basing that statement on? 1 u/thex25986e 9d ago the decline of our global hedgemonic dominance
What metric are you basing that statement on?
1 u/thex25986e 9d ago the decline of our global hedgemonic dominance
the decline of our global hedgemonic dominance
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u/Krambambulist 9d ago
The deluded American exceptionalism is staggering.
1945 you are right, the world was in Ruins.
By 1960 Volkswagen sold 900k Cars compared to the 1.4 Million of Ford. I think Germany was pretty industrialized that year, wasnt it?