The Belgian cultural domination in the comic book industry is also amazing, not
to mention Belgian linguists, singers, painters, etc. The US and the USSR got
to import a lot of science and technology wholesale from Europe, including warm
bodies. And I'm not even talking about Hollywood. 1830 was a great vintage. And
now Brussels rules Paris. How did you do it? - Phil
--No More France!
On 14:09, stephan Van den Zegel wrote:
>Belgium was the first industrial power (per capita of course) until
>WW1, and they never did it again... Antwerp was the second biggest
>harbour in the world... and so on. During WW1 the Germans dismantled
>the Belgian industry and took it home (like the Russian did with the
>Zeiss factory after WW2), leaving the whole industrial field empty.
>USA industry not only was unarmed by both WW, but the others were
>destroyed... allowing the American technology to claim the lead
>(even if this technology was some times quite rough but mass
>production and national market oriented, just thinking in terms of
>automotive industry or photographical industry... compare a perfex
>to a contax...).
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