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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[-] neptune@dmv.social 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think they used to be the number two military. I think people THOUGHT they were a world class military. Apparently hadn't been for decades.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

Similar to the misperception of the USSR from outside before the collapse.

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