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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 4 Sep 2016

    China is doing to the US what the US did to Britain in the 19th century: growing their economy while we waste money on our empire.

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      2. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        As I recall, the money mostly went on stopping Germany

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      3. Michael Petryszyn‏ @WardNo6 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @benedictevans @paulg

        19th century was before ww1

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      4. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @WardNo6 @paulg

        Britain was only eclipsed in the 20tu century

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      5. Michael Petryszyn‏ @WardNo6 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @benedictevans @paulg

        America Germany France and Japan were all trending to pass UK if worlds wars did not break out. Germany especially

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      2. Carl Hasselskog‏ @CarlHasselskog 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Roman Empire, British Empire, Soviet Union. Over spending on military always leads to collapse eventually.

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      3. Carl Hasselskog‏ @CarlHasselskog 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @CarlHasselskog @paulg

        imperialism has the same problem as socialism: eventually you run out of other people's money.

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      1. Jms Dnns‏ @jmsdnns 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        the US got into the industrial revolution late but stole heavily from british industry, also like China is doing to US today

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      1. Ash Fontana‏ @ashfontana 9 Sep 2016
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        China is also growing their empire by using tax revenues to build a huge navy to take over the Pacific.

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      1. Prady Misra‏ @pradym 4 Sep 2016
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        I'm sure Britain thought they were growing their economy too like in previous 200 years of colonization and looting

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      2. Myk Pono‏ @myxys 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        only if by empire money you mean wars outside of US

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      2. The Circular Ruins‏ @Circular_Ruins 4 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        The US spent a lot of $ on Empire in the 19th c too (eg $250 mil Louisiana purchase, Civil War, CA, TX...); had more room for growth

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      1. Ash Fontana‏ @ashfontana 9 Sep 2016
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        this is articulated well in Simon Winchester’s latest book about the Pacific.

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      1. Donal Kerr‏ @donaldinho 6 Sep 2016
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        China is also building an empire, new islands and a military, it just doesn't start costly, endless conflicts paid w/ national debt.

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      1. David Pinsen‏ @dpinsen 5 Sep 2016
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        @calisthene there is a stronger parallel http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/713521  The US was expanding in the 19th Century.

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      1. Xiongniu‏ @taidi_ji 5 Sep 2016
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        @oleganza Demography makes this analogy useless. Thinking in term of nation states is also short sighted. Think human development.

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      1.  🍕Andz Sy‏ @andzsy 4 Sep 2016
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        The U.S. was running an empire in the 19th century already?!

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      1. Jim Lippard‏ @lippard 4 Sep 2016
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        .@paulg @mwlauthor And stealing their technology.

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