These are tectonic plates bigger than deregulation or whatever. The surplus of the post war years was possible because the US was 50% of the global GDP as the o

These are tectonic plates bigger than deregulation or whatever. The surplus of the post war years was possible because the US was 50% of the global GDP as the only industrialized area in the world that hadn't been bombed to ash. Since then, the world has rapidly become more competitive. Where we are now is actually great historically speaking, the post war perfection was a blip and generational aberration, and for nearly all human history life has been a struggle. Enjoy it while it lasts.