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[โ€“] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US became an economic superpower because all of the others had to rebuild from rubble after WW2.

Also by draining wealth from poorer countries. Banana Republics in Central America. The constant pro-american coups in South America. The plantations of Liberia that used essentially slave labor to harvest rubber.