> some altruistic "we love Europe" plan. Nobody said anything about altruism, or 'loving Europe'. I don't know where you're getting either of those ideas from.

> some altruistic "we love Europe" plan. Nobody said anything about altruism, or 'loving Europe'. I don't know where you're getting either of those ideas from. > Of course it's easier to bask in American exceptionalism This is hardly a claim of American exceptionalism. It's a non-normative observation about the existing structure of the markets. It is not a statement that this is how it always must be, or that this is how it should be. It is merely a description of what currently is.