• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      My guess is that WWII caused pretty much everyone in Europe to experience how horrible machine guns are for both the winners and losers while it still remained a bit abstract for those in the Americas.

      Also, USA hasn’t been screwed over by an arms race yet, while Europe has.