back then they had the industrial capacity to sustain years of industrial mass slaughter on two fronts and a society that accepted working towards such an objective. todat the us is wholly and thoroughly deindustrialized and dependent on exports, unlike us. the rust belt didn't come out of nowhere. they're selling the last remnants of their steel industry to literal japs right now. the world is different. the bombing terror wouldn't be physically achievable today. and what about shipping lanes? the european project is about being independent of them. are we? no. but there's a reason ersatz is a german word. neoliberal globalized trade won't last forever anyway.
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