Understood but I think trying to reindustrialize may accelerate America’s downfall because the world has globalised supply chains.

The 50s were good for America because WW2 left it without an industrial competitor.

So whats going to happen now? Well the camp in the west who realize that they lost sight of reality will try to force reindustrialization.

At this point reindustrialization is just trying to wind the clock back to 50s America and bring back low paid factory work. It’s not a promising plan when most Americans can’t survive on 50s wages.

The scary issue in the background that the world faces is climate change. The planet doesn’t have the time and resources to waste reindustrializing the US.

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My guess is they need to fund big armies to suppress the periphery of their empire in the long term. It’s not so much Russia threatening to expand. Ukraine is written down as a loss unofficially.

But now why would poor nations stay members of the EU when they are going to get drained of assets and economically exploited? They are at risk of leaving and trading with nations that have more economic activity.

The imperialists use the military when the economy is going terribly. The biggest demand for tanks is intimidating your civilians rolling around your own urban areas. The political puppets need military forces to strong arm their people.