The problem I see with this thinking - That cutting ties creates new business opportunities, is that we have no idea where things land.
When there are big tariffs between America and the rest of the West, Europe doesnt have to bother offering America a better deal. China and India are the next big super powers. Their production output will leave the US behind if we start making better deals with them instead.
And where does that leave the US? Stagnating with their crumbling infrastructure, third world information network, coal powered, oil dependent obsolete thinking.
What happens when we stop buying American weapons and Europe builds it's own military up? What happens when coal and oil stops being the primary energy source? What happens if you break down the established capitalist system? I have no god damn idea but I doubt America wins anything.
Go ahead. Regress to the 1950s. Meanwhile the rest of the West marches towards 2050.
This post has been edited by Alternative Goose: 11 June 2018 - 10:01 AM