How did the United States become the world’s largest power?
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The western world got ahead with good steel technology and gunpowder. This put us ahead of the rest of the world. It also prepared us for i industrialization.
A continent with a relatively sparse population. A wealthy upper class quickly caught onto the potential of industry and we were one of the first countries to industrialize.
Then, world war one hit and devastated much of Europe. Recover began and world war two hit and fucked over Europe again.
The US then benefitted from selling Europe replacements for all the stuff that got destroyed, and has had a heavy diplomatic hand in Europe’s puppethole since.
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