That is almost certainly the case, but my point was a separate one and something I’ve posted about previously, which is something that also permeates through many of his supporters.
Imagine the richest guy in the village. He’s got a bigger house than everyone else and because of his local clout and influence he can pretty much get his own way with what he wants. Because he can afford it, his house is more secure than anyone else’s and although a couple of other people in the village have moved to bigger houses in recent years, his is still the biggest.
And then imagine that person complaining to everyone who will listen that every single other person is ripping him off, and how unfair it all is. They would, quite rightly, be viewed as grotesque. People would say, something along this lines of ‘that ****’s got some brass neck complaining when he’s got fuck all to complain about’.
People often cite the decline in the rust belt as a pointer towards America’s diminishing power and wealth, but as things stand that is an egregious operation of misdirection. Whatever decline has occurred in America’s industrial base this decade has been overwhelmingly or possibly wholly mitigated by the rise in the global power, reach and wealth of US tech giants; the fact the US chooses not to redistribute that wealth to those areas that have lost out is an internal matter and fuck all to do with other countries ripping them off.
Their economy has outstripped Europe massively over the last couple of decades. This is indisputable.
They have got absolutely fuck all to complain or moan about.
