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0 pointsTeMPOraL7y ago0 comments

> Then Japan has almost zero natural resources and nearly had a shot at taking over the world...

Did they? Or was that just something American businessmen liked to scare each other with in a post-war era?

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Japanese industry, during the height of its growth phase (say 1980) was very good, and the trend (projected indefinitely, a mistake we always make) implied crazy things.

wallace_f7y ago

Also during the war, they put up a pretty good fight for it all things considered.

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