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Started by Razgovory, November 25, 2013, 05:44:22 AM

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Razgovory

November 25, 2013, 05:44:22 AM
Something I'd been thinking about lately, and some comments by Shelf made me want to start a thread on it.  How much damage did the first World War do to Europe, economically speaking.  I know that wealth of the average American was greater then his European brethren  even before the war, and it certainly was after.  I imagine the gap widened as a result of the war.  Not only did the have an enormous cost in money, but the slaughter of  generation of men had to have had a devastating effect on the economy as well.

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CountDeMoney

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November 25, 2013, 07:14:47 AM
Apparently it didn't set them back far enough, because they broke even more stuff in World War II.

WWI had lots of casualties, but at least their cities survived.

The Brain

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November 25, 2013, 11:45:07 AM
It put us sexy back.
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Darth Wagtaros

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November 25, 2013, 01:09:09 PM
About 5 ft. 
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Razgovory

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November 25, 2013, 01:25:31 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 25, 2013, 07:14:47 AM
Apparently it didn't set them back far enough, because they broke even more stuff in World War II.

WWI had lots of casualties, but at least their cities survived.

Well, when when round two came around our boys rode in trucks and theirs rode on horse drawn wagons.  So it was clear they were pretty far behind us.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

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November 25, 2013, 01:28:32 PM
No, that's just European quaintness.  Like how they still buy fresh bread daily and shit.

Ed Anger

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November 25, 2013, 04:01:39 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 25, 2013, 01:28:32 PM
No, that's just European quaintness.  Like how they still buy fresh bread daily and shit.

That fresh daily bread is delicious. Until you have to walk the next day to get more. Going shopping every day...ugh.
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Admiral Yi

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November 25, 2013, 04:13:22 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2013, 04:01:39 PM
That fresh daily bread is delicious. Until you have to walk the next day to get more. Going shopping every day...ugh.

Just ride your bike there Pierre.

Ed Anger

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November 25, 2013, 04:14:46 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 25, 2013, 04:13:22 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2013, 04:01:39 PM
That fresh daily bread is delicious. Until you have to walk the next day to get more. Going shopping every day...ugh.

Just ride your bike there Pierre.

I don't do bikes. I'm not 12 anymore.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

The Brain

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November 25, 2013, 04:19:04 PM
Is there anything Americans do every day?
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Ed Anger

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November 25, 2013, 04:19:36 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 25, 2013, 04:19:04 PM
Is there anything Americans do every day?

Shit.
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garbon

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November 25, 2013, 04:20:57 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 25, 2013, 04:19:04 PM
Is there anything Americans do every day?

Rule the world.
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November 25, 2013, 04:23:57 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 25, 2013, 04:19:04 PM
Is there anything Americans do every day?

Thank our Creator for the gift of citizenship in the greatest country in the world.

Darth Wagtaros

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November 25, 2013, 04:24:46 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2013, 04:14:46 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 25, 2013, 04:13:22 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2013, 04:01:39 PM
That fresh daily bread is delicious. Until you have to walk the next day to get more. Going shopping every day...ugh.

Just ride your bike there Pierre.

I don't do bikes. I'm not 12 anymore.
Get a Vespa.
PDH!

Valmy

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November 25, 2013, 04:29:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 25, 2013, 04:23:57 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 25, 2013, 04:19:04 PM
Is there anything Americans do every day?

Thank our Creator for the gift of citizenship in the greatest country in the world.

I don't think one can get citizenship in the Republic of Texas anymore :hmm:
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