{"id":2039,"date":"2015-03-03T19:38:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T19:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2015-03-03T19:38:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T19:38:37","slug":"no-historical-headstart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/03\/no-historical-headstart\/","title":{"rendered":"No historical headstart"},"content":{"rendered":"

History gives no country an advantage in the long term. Every country that ever had an empire is no richer because of it. The UK, having once dominated world trade and the oceans is now below Germany in every meaningful tank, having beaten it in two world wars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

History gives no country an advantage in the long term. Every country that ever had an empire is no richer because of it. 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