Why is it so hard for americans to understand that you were subsidized to do this by trade dominating and exploiting the rest of the world? It is like a country rich on resources that ran out if, and then wonders where all the sweet quality of life went. You fucked up your diplomatic and trade Empire, and China won it over.
You still have it much better than 95%+ of the rest of the globe ever did, enjoy it while it lasts.
There are millions of people in China right now who have been working for 2-8 months without payment...and deliver drivers who have a phd from Oxford and are earning $5/hr. A government is one thing, but the experience of individuals can be drastically different.
It might have been easier to save back then, but it was a hell of a lot more difficult to borrow. Mortgage rates then were like credit card rates today.
Why is it so hard for Euros to understand what two world wars, twenty years apart did? What will happen with Russian v Ukraine? Divert money to bombs and guns, with little economic benefit is one likely outcome. We hope that is all that is lost because it obviously it is possible to have things go much worse.
All of the smart, hard working men who lived in Europe had their lives taken and that took down the future of their countries as well. Nope, those wars were American exploitation(?)
The US prints money out of thin air, and this money is then used as a global currency. America makes shitton of money purely out of making more money. This wouldn't work if dollar didn't have the global dominance it currently has.
Print your own money. The American economy was completely intact after the last war and had to switch back to making pots and pans instead of rebuilding everything. The lead that was afforded is overlooked as this post proves.
Do you think the US would be happy if allies and such stopped paying for oil with the dollar? That's one of the reasons why they're going for world hegemony through military, political and economic means.
That's a risk Euros have not chosen to take, and you nailed the reasons why in the second sentence. Why are we pretending somehow magically the game of power politics changed after world war 2 and is so totally different than the preceeding thousands of years of documented human civilization? "Do what we want or suffer" has historically been a reasomable tactic for entities trying to gain political or economic advantages.
Why are we dancing around it? Become enough of a porcupine that the US can't impose their will and you will be able to change things. Literally the same answer you would give to a nation 1000 years ago.
I'm not saying it's easy (and I'm a US citizen, I disproportionately benefit from the evil); history is a good precedent. How long did it take nations to escape the shackles of the British Empire, the Roman Empire, etc? Just simply fighting back doesn't mean you win, this isn't an after school special with happy ending.
It's just a queation of time before the US collapses in on itself, how long can they be hegemons with rising national debt? My guess by 2100, the world is no longer puppets of the US, either because of economic collapse, or China surpasses them / EU federalizes.
I generally agree. Population decreases everywhere may shift this, but then again maybe the AI / robot stuff will completely negate that impact and allow declining populations to compete.
As if Americans were obligated to fight in the wars between European imperialists. My ancestor fled Europe rather than be drafted to fight for Russia in WW1 and I don't blame him one bit. Wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to go fight and die to sweep up Europe's Nazi problem either.
My great grandfather left Germany in 1893 and immigrated to Kansas. The Kansas State historical society interviewed him after he retired. He said he left Germany after serving in the Army because they just wanted to fight wars. I have a copy of this statement from the book it went into.
Yeah, I actually even have a copy of my great-grandfather's journal/memoir. Both of his parents died of a disease (not specified) when he was 16. He heard that the Russians were coming to draft, so a local minister helped to dress him up like an old man and smuggle him out across the border. Years later, he tried to look up the minister and found out he was killed by the Soviets.
Europe was a hellhole; it's no wonder so many people wanted to leave.
He came to the US with nothing but the clothes on his back and retired with a dairy farm with 130 cows, wife and 4 sons. He did not know how to speak english when he arrived. My mother said it was hard to understand his version of english. None of his sons had any interest in continuing the farm. I cannot imagine milking that many cows from the 1890’s until 1939.
Well there's some truth in that, but the global south is still being dominated. The big difference is that fiscal policy allows the rich to keep everything now.
It was also artificially pumped up due to the cold war. You think people would rally against communism today? Once the Berlin wall fell they didnt need to make capitalism look super fantastic.
I love the Europeans chiming in. You know, those countries who live under socialized systems they can afford because they don't need a defense budget because they know the US will jump in to save them when needed. They complain using the internet built by the United States on sites run out of the United States on devices designed in the United States and watch American movies and TV.
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u/Akvyr 21h ago edited 21h ago
Why is it so hard for americans to understand that you were subsidized to do this by trade dominating and exploiting the rest of the world? It is like a country rich on resources that ran out if, and then wonders where all the sweet quality of life went. You fucked up your diplomatic and trade Empire, and China won it over. You still have it much better than 95%+ of the rest of the globe ever did, enjoy it while it lasts.