United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs against most of the world tanked stock markets, disrupted the U.S. bond market and destabilized the global economy.

Trump has economically and politically threatened American allies, shattering the unity of the western world. But Trump’s chaos may have inadvertently produced an opportunity to create a better world.

Some western commentators argue that the U.S. has been a benevolent superpower.

That may have been true for a small group of mostly western states that have benefitted from American domination. But much of the Global South was victimized by American military, economic and political interventions.

  • FistingEnthusiast
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    You’re the sort of person who I’d gladly have a drink with, and help you get a visa out of there

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        There are millions

        I know it

        I’m not the type who thinks that all Americans are stupid and hateful, but unfortunately I spend a lot of time in the US, and too many are

        Most are just beaten down, unable to see that things don’t have to be this way

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      I wish you could but if I leave I will possibly loose my pension and social security. I am indentured unto death and most are.