The Chinese are willing to work harder for less money to produce higher quality goods. A strategy that involves the US taking its ball and going home is likely to leave the US looking silly. If this line of thinking takes hold in the US government you'll have poor US families looking at poor Asian families in envy because the Asians have a car and a few other bits and bobs (maybe some extra food, air conditioning, a TV, whatever) where the US family has only the car.
I'm not even against jingoism, but couldn't it be channelled in a slightly more productive way? The US was at its peak when US nationalism meant the US enjoyed higher living standards than everyone else.
I'm not even against jingoism, but couldn't it be channelled in a slightly more productive way? The US was at its peak when US nationalism meant the US enjoyed higher living standards than everyone else.