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Created: 2025-07-21 15:56:13 UTC

@matthewswspence U.S. was already a high-income country before it became a dominant oil producer.

Oil just *helped make it into a superpower (having oil when others don’t is a huge strategic advantage, as Japan and Germany FA and FO).


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