I knew by 1975 that Globalization was a bad idea from the start. And the country’s living standards as a whole have been degraded gradually ever since. In reality nothing is free or cheap without an artificial or diabolical reason.
And the country has paid and is paying now again, an enormous price to enjoy allegedly cheaper consumer products, artificially cheap airline tickets, and allegedly cheap cruises to spend money in non American places. Add gold and silver and base metals to artificially cheap due to diabolical manipulators of price.
No pain no gain. So all this near term pain may pay off if each country gradually become more independent and self reliant. Like it was when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. 🙂