it doesnt even have anything to do with their "choices" theres nothing anyone can do to recapture the opportunity that comes with colonizing an entire emptied out continent theres nothing anyone can do to recapture the economic domination of the us coming unscathed out of a world were every other major economy was literally reduced to rubble by war  it doesn't matter who you vote for. it doesn't matter if you put hitler 2.0 or lenin 2.0 in power  the conditions that precipitated these eras of economic opportunity and prosperity are gone and they are not coming back. no one can bring them back.
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