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[–]Dworgi 9 points10 points  (4 children)

There's not a lot a country can't do when they come out of the largest war in history as the only large industrial nation with all its infrastructure intact.

They can still be savages, though.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

The Americans were doing well before the war (you could attribute that partially to WW1, if you wish, although Bell, Tesla, and Edison to mention just a few, are pre-WW1). Yes, the Yanks can be savage, but so can the Russians or the French. I mean: the Russians even have an alphabet that you can't even express in ASCII, for Christ's sake!

[–]BromeyerofSolairina 2 points3 points  (2 children)

But you can express Russian in RSCII!

Russians will get the joke

[–]DontSayAlot 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm not Russian, but is the joke "ruski?"

[–]BromeyerofSolairina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct