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Originally Posted by Skuj

How did it come to this?

the short version is that trump offered a false solution to the problem of economic dislocation caused by trade, and the discontents of globalization bought his scam.

the solution obviously is domestic policy, not trade policy, but the repukes will have none of that, and have been undermining the middle class since the 80s.

so there is more money to go around, but it mostly goes to billionaires, and instead of taxing the billionaires mexico gets the blame. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

one positive thing you can say about biden is he understands first-hand the pain of unemployment and economic dislocation so i expect he'll do something to address this. "buy american" isn't exactly the answer, but it has ok symbolism without demonizing other nations. still, economically, it's a bad move. what's needed is domestic policy: money from free trade redistributed to domestic programs, free education, affordable healthcare, income support without the huge bureaucracy, etc.

what's the point of being a rich country if your citizens are poor?