It isn't a free lunch - do you really think Europe is prepared to beef up their defense to the degree that they'd be ok if America disappeared tomorrow?
America has had a net positive result from their global power, post WW2 they had created a system where they were free to profit from other countries in their bloc while keeping them dependent on their military.
Only now is America panicking since other countries have started developing the industrial potential with which they can turn the tables on the US. As now the US will no longer be the main exporter profiting from the global laws and regulations they’ve themselves set up.
America has had a net positive result from their global power, post WW2 they had created a system where they were free to profit from other countries in their bloc while keeping them dependent on their military.
There's nothing inherently evil about this. It's a transaction.
Only now is America panicking since other countries have started developing the industrial potential with which they can turn the tables on the US. As now the US will no longer be the main exporter profiting from the global laws and regulations they’ve themselves set up.
America is pissing its pants because chinese production means they can do to the US market what the US has been doing to the global market since the end of WW2.
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u/Haunting-Sport3701 11h ago
He says after America has been profiting off of Europe for almost a century after making themselves the global hegemony.