> Do we build boats or planes or cars? Do we make computer chips or garments or appliances? I mean .. obviously yes? It's just that you don't make all the chip

> Do we build boats or planes or cars? Do we make computer chips or garments or appliances? I mean .. obviously yes? It's just that you don't make all the chips and cars on the planet. Or even all the locally used ones. The US is mostly an astonishingly wealthy country that has somehow convinced itself that it's in the middle of a decline, while simultaneously avoiding facing up to any of the QoL questions which people routinely fight over on HN where the US average or poorer citizen might actually be worse off.