eli5: How did society form to give the greatest benefits are to very small portions of the worlds population a way that be , and has it always been like this.
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Geography is a huge factor. The United States has more navigable waterways that the rest of the world combined. Shipping by water is the cheapest method of shipping by a long shot. It also has one of the largest swaths of farmland in the world. It also has natural deep water ports. And vast deposits of oil, gas, and coal.
The United States is wealthy because it’s where the natural resources are. Whoever lived in the United States during the industrial revolution was going to end up being the world superpower.
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