> Japan and Germany engineer those producing versus consuming choices deliberately. Or those cultures aren't as materialistic and don't have as much of a 'keep

> Japan and Germany engineer those producing versus consuming choices deliberately. Or those cultures aren't as materialistic and don't have as much of a 'keeping up with the Jones' attitude. > And Americans wanted to change that so they voted for the guy promising tariffs. Americans can change things by simply 'voting with their wallets'.