• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    *leave their neighbors for us to exploit

    America was still directly administering its empire in the pacific.

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      7 months ago

      Oh I’m not going to say that pre-WW2 America was benevolent or anything like that. We bought Guam and the Philippines from Spain and were perfectly happy for France to have Vietnam. It’s a good clarification though, thanks.