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[-] Cloral@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

This cartoon is from 70 years ago. 80 years ago was 1943 which was in the middle of World War 2. At that point, war getting a sizable chunk of the GDP was perhaps more understandable. So the caption on the cartoon actually undersells it.

[-] meliaesc@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What are you talking about? 80 years ago was 1927, right? 🧑👨🧑‍🦳🪦

[-] ianis@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It still made a lot of sense, since you know it was made during the height of the cold ware before ICBMs/mutually assured destruction was a thing, so a ground conflict didn't seem unreal

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