• jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    They kind of had their own version of the military industrial complex, and were pretty much the most advanced military at the time?

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      8 months ago

      I agree because that is the main reason why they became such a powerful empire … but if they had entered into the modern industrial age with their military and even into the technological age … they probably wouldn’t look or act any differently than the modern US