As we all know, you will be beaten if you fall behind, but when you look at history, you can't say that this sentence cannot be completely wrong, but can only say that it is largely wrong.
Da Song gmv accounts for 80% of the world, and was the country with the highest civilized urbanization in the world at that time. None of them. Was the Song Dynasty lagging behind the grassland nation? As a result, the advanced Song Dynasty was beaten by backward grassland people from time to time, and eventually the country was destroyed by the Yuan army.
Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, with nearly 100 million people, GMV accounts for 30% of the world. As a result, the Qing army with a population of less than one million was defeated. Is it the advanced Manchu people who did not even have iron tools to support themselves? Is it because the Ming Dynasty lagging behind the Manchus?
Throughout history, backwardness does not necessarily mean being beaten. Advanced ones must be beaten, because everyone wants to rob the rich, not the poor, rob the poor, and rob the poor nations of the poor, easily lose their lives, and rob the advanced and wealthy countries, easily make money...
But Americans do not understand this path, so I won’t talk about the Korean War. From 1961 to 1975, Americans did not take Vietnam in 14 years. Was it the American army a fame? No, because poverty is invincible!
The US military dropped one million shells in Vietnam, destroying only some thatched huts. The Vietnamese can build them in two days, but how much does a shell cost? How much does one million shells cost? How much is the destroyed building worth?
During the Vietnam War, a US military soldier was fully armed and worth nearly 10,000 US dollars. How much is a Vietnamese soldier worth? The death rate of a US military and Vietnamese soldier is 1:5. It seems that the Americans are very cost-effective, but the economic value lost by both sides is 1:100!
Vietnam War 14 years ago, Americans became poorer and poorer. Vietnam has not lost much compared to it. Instead, its military strength has increased a lot. Everyone is praising Vietnamese soldiers for their bravery and good fighting, defending their country, but they do not understand that war is an economic account.
In the end, the Vietnamese won the war and the Americans were disgraceful, but the Vietnamese did not understand the fundamental reason for winning the Americans. Instead, they were proud to drive away the Americans and felt that they had the top five in the world's military strength. Finally, they started a war with China four years later.
Although poverty is invincible, the poor country fights against poor countries, and the result can be imagined...
