“What’s the alternative, self-suffuciency? Ask the Nazis his that turns out.”
Poor comparison considering the US has an abundance of natural resources and Germany had zip. Not even enough farm land in the 30’s as I recall. It is ludicrous to expect Americans to serve industry as Chinese do. Borderline slave labor and in case you missed it the slave wages have been creeping higher and higher up the ladder. I get really pissed when some one tries to paint the trade situation with China in a rose color. We will either return our industrial might or we will fade away but make no mistake one of the 2 will happen. BTW if Germany had left Russia and Britain alone would have worked out great for them.
It did leave Britain alone, at least until Britain declared war on it. And no, it wouldn’t have ended so spectacularly. But it would have failed.
Even with our resources autarchy would produce what they call a “vampire economy,” in which we feed off preexisting capital until we die.
“borderline slave labor”
That’s there problem, not ours.
there =their