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Old 04-10-2025, 05:48 PM
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And you're sure Americans could never cast or create identical parts because after all, we have become stupid and lazy. I whole heartedly disagree.

Ours is the country that built ships and airplanes quickly during WWII and is teaming with innovation and brilliance counter to what some would have us believe and continue to espouse. If you tell someone often enough that they can never do that, they begin to believe you.
The US DID have some advantages before and after WW2. Back then we had a REAL middle class with wealth brought about by relatively good primary and secondary schools and large labor union participation. Also there was a tax system that favored the middle class and NOT the upper class like today.