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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The economy works and real estate is always a good investment. Also, the best thing that can happen to a nation is to be defeated by the US, because the US will then rebuild their infrastructure. The only example that teacher would cite was Japan.

Fm radio travels in waves while am radio travels in beams. This wasn't a science teacher though. This was a media teacher's wisdom.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Fairly, land is always a good investment. Taking out predatory loans to buy land isnt.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The rebuilding thing was a plan specific to WWII. They wanted to avoid the issues that the end of WWI brought to keep another war from happening a couple decades down the line.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The US also wanted an ally in the area who was into capitalism. Similar to how SK got a lot of support in building their infrastructure, but they went even farther into capitalism. Both countries are really depressed now.

He was trying to rationalize why Bush II's wars weren't going to be bad for them. In both cases, completely ignoring the huge loss of life that incurred.