De,
You know I didn't say "to the stone age". Cheap shot. And you know it was you, not me, who came up with the cockamamie definition that "defeating" another country in a conflict somehow, automatically, means growing hundreds of millions of new consumers so your economy becomes "bigger" than theirs?
In spite of that, I gave some thought to the point I was trying to make, and did some research to back up my statements. I wasn't trying to make a college paper out of it, but I figured it was worth doing some researching and writing. Please re-read that and make a thoughtful reply. Or don't.
When you make up wacko, complex equivalents on the fly (like "winning" a war ==> having a bigger economy ==> "having a more productive economy"), and throw in lots of stuff about getting drunk, you are either baiting or in need of some remedial education in logical argumentation and basic economics.
I don't think you are in need of remedial argumentation. So I think you are baiting.
I'm not biting. Good fun, I guess. Sorry I wasted my time.
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