The business-as-usual multi-international neoliberal supply chain model wasn't benefiting a vast number of Americans with no solution other than "don't complain look at these metrics we made up, you're doing great, don't be upset we are making billions while you struggle to afford to fix your teeth or fix your car". Something had to break and break it did.

If you are so non-zero sum, what would you suggest as the fix for those issues if we kept the old model?

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padjo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Americans are upset about not having any money while being the richest and most powerful country in the world. They are throwing a temper tantrum about a world order they created and are the main beneficiary of.

	▲	dbdr 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There's a class of americans that didn't benefit from that world order. However, they elected someone who pretended he was going to help them, and actually is making it even worse for them and better for those who were already benefiting.
	▲	WarmWash 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The reality is that people judge their quality of life in relevant terms, not absolute ones. Better to be absolutely poor in a poor country than relatively poor in a rich country and all that

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dpkirchner 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Before engaging, let's get this settled: do you believe that the US economy operates on a zero sum basis?

	▲	Avicebron 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No it's not zero sum but it can also not be benefiting a ton of people. Which is what I said..

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g8oz 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Progressive taxation.

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LastTrain 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would suggest not going with the dumbest rock you can find and standing behind it against all evidence.

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vel0city 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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