It's mind-blowing that part of the US public believes America is being "exploited" by the rest of the world, or that globalization is a plot against America... The US has been the main architect of globalization, and has always been its primary beneficiary. And it still is.
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"oh no, we've spent 70 years creating a world order where we're in charge, and we've become the richest country in the world as a result, we've been had!"
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To clear up, given the replies I'm getting: the narrative I'm talking about isn't "globalization has had serious downsides for some people in the US" (of course it has). It's literally "globalization is a foreign plot in which the US, as a country, is being exploited"
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And yes, it's a narrative that is being pushed by representatives of the very elite that benefitted most from globalization -- certain billionaire politicians and millionaire news anchors -- not by disgruntled coal miners.
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the brita certainly had a rift w their american colonies at one point..
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They did complain. Called it the "white man's burden".
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If you are going to blame a country for something, you better have evidence. Do not conflate the US with Trump. Two separate and completely different things. The US has the best higher education in the world, both public and private. Tech has been producing services we use.
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If you are talking about Greenland specifically, have you heard about the Alaska Permanent Fund? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund …
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Man! You're brutally honest!
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