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Can you break down the isolationist streak for me? The US government seems to want to intervene in every place it can, and doesn't look anything like say old s
by ifyoubuildit 1y ago
Can you break down the isolationist streak for me?
The US government seems to want to intervene in every place it can, and doesn't look anything like say old school China or Japan. It seems like some people see anything short of maximally interventionist as isolationism, and I don't understand it.
- HDThoreaun 1y agoHe is talking about financial isolationism, aka protectionism. Tariffs lead to trade wars which will lead to the USD no longer being the world reserve currency.
- ifyoubuildit 1y agoWouldn't "financial isolationism" just be not trading period, in other words plain old isolationism? Being a little isolated seems like being a little pregnant.