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throwaway2048 on Dec 6, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Great Cannon has been deployed again

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/955570...

This was a common argument as to why WWI couldn't happen, countries were far too economically dependent, everyone would be ruined.

Except it did happen, and everyone was ruined.

webXL on Dec 6, 2019 [–]

There were more guns and power mongers than economic ties. Plain and simple. Those arguments should have been qualified a lot more.

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