# Stop coddling the rich **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 15, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979 "2011-08-15T15:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 77
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979/77 "2011-08-22T12:23:02Z")
> [@Plastic Gun?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plastic-gun/44816/20): > > In the early-mid 20th century we were engaged in 2 world wars and conflicts in the gulf and Korea. Not exactly a model of isolationism. We live in a global economy, so the idea of staying out of other country’s business no longer exists. no, in the early-mid 20th century which would be 20-40s we were not engaged in any wars. you’re thinking of late-mid 20th century. > **[United States non-interventionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_non-interventionism)** > > United States non-interventionism primarily refers to the foreign policy that was eventually applied by the United States between the late 18th century and the first half of the 20th century whereby it sought to avoid alliances with other nations in order to prevent itself from being drawn into wars that were not related to the direct territorial self-defense of the United States. Neutrality and non-interventionism found support among elite and popular opinion in the United States, which varied d... --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979)._