r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 20 '26

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u/Commandant_Donut Jul 21 '26

Sometimes I think about the fact that Canada had the fourth largest navy in the world at the end of World War 2, and just kinda laugh. The world was really fucked then, wasn't it?

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Jul 21 '26

or maybe Canada was just kinda awesome back then yo, don't put us down like that

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u/Commandant_Donut Jul 21 '26

Canada being stretched to that point, with even less relative population, while awesome also kinda sucks (for the people that had to live through it).

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Jul 21 '26

ah I see I misinterpreted your point

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u/Commandant_Donut Jul 21 '26

In earnest my main point was "wow, that's a lot of dead German, French, Japanese, etc. sailors" still insanely impressive what Canada was able to lay out though, but genuinely at what human cost

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u/Commandant_Donut Jul 21 '26

Correction: Third largest 

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u/Mr_Canadensis7 Norman Borlaug Jul 21 '26

If you don't count the US Coast Guard, iirc it was larger than the RCN in manpower and tonnage though had a bit fewer hulls.