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> Yeah we totlly gave up the New Deal

The New Deal occurred before WW2 as a way to simulate things out of the Great Depression. Turns out war is even a bigger economic stimulus package than social programs.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal

> and the military industrial complex...

Actually, the US did:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demobilization_of_United_State...

Then the Korean War happened:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

It turns out the Communists were expansionist and needed a counter-weight in influence.




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