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WalterBright
on Feb 11, 2020
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The history of the industrial revolution since the advent of the steam engine amply makes my point.
ken
on Feb 11, 2020
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Just because history played out one way doesn’t mean it could only have played out that way.
WalterBright
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It played out that way in every country that adopted the steam engine, and failed to happen at all in countries that did not.
As I say, the historical evidence is as compelling as it gets.
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