I think it is now the time.
I have said it before and I am sorry for the average American, but I really think it is time that the Rest of the World cuts off the US economically for the foreseeable future. It is easy to do, just stop being crack addicts for the world's largest economy (driven by insane debt cycles) and selling to them. Fuck the tariffs - go the other way and just don't export to the US and, as fast as possible, start building alternative service industries, especially in corporate and consumer software business. Stop buying from Microsoft and Google, stop using Meta, stop supporting Amazon - pivot.
The US has the right idea in some way, in terms of bringing production back to the US. The problem is of course, that if they do that, they are not going to be able to afford to buy what they produce, as the price will skyrocket. At least in the short to mid term. However, the rest of the world doesn't need anything at all from the US, except the misaligned belief of military security.
Yeah, I get that the US has filled that role, but that has been filled by choice by the US government as a mechanism for control over others. Now, they want to use that control to profit, which is fine - but the RoW doesn't need to buy anything from the US military. The US military might have the best equipment, but the fact is, the RoW isn't that far behind and if they put resources behind it, will catch up fast enough. Not only that, it will benefit from strong trade relations and alliances, which the US is right now burning down constantly.
For some period of time, what the RoW should do is leverage the networks that the US has used to build their empire, which includes a massive reliance on international labour and access to international economies at a discount. The discount is that the predominantly US economies, with their massive US investor base, don't pay their taxes on earnings where they are earned. This means that they are able to route their finances to lower obligations around the world, and increase the ROI for investors in the US. The RoW, should put a stop to this, and they should replace the supply of goods and services, because the RoW has all it needs to operate independently.
And yeah, the US could look after itself in terms of production and supply for nearly everything it needs, but to do so would be an absolutely monumental shift in the consumption culture of the average US citizen, and an entire change to the financial systems that are driven by international and internal debt, that has been used to make a few very wealthy, at the expense of everyone else - including the average American. If the US was isolated, the entire investment model they have breaks down and it will be very apparent to Americans that they have been taken advantage off - and they will rebel - *at a far greater rate and with more volatility than they are at the moment.
Essentially, it would instigate civil war.
That is fucked. But, to not do it is for the RoW to be taken advantage of, while a few people make trillions and 7.8 billion people suffer, instead of thrive. And thrive the Row could without the US dictating terms, because what would happen is the US would lose its place as the largest wasteful consumer, and that value would be distributed globally into a culture that is more attuned to conservation and minimization of resources. This pumps large volumes of wealth into development of new technology both in the goods and service industries, and will create a massive amount of value work across the entire globe. Except the US. While the US is looking to replicate what they are currently doing in China for US companies, the RoW can be investing into high-end improvement processes for growth in all kinds of sectors, including energy production, pharmaceuticals, and military.
And in a scenario where the US has to minimize costs while the RoW will start increasing, it is likely that there would also be somewhat of a brain drain on US development and production, where there are currently a large number of foreigners supporting the growth. The US government might be able to even meet its targets of returning jobs to Americans, because a lot of foreigners will have better opportunities elsewhere, with more salary, and higher living standards.
As I have mentioned before,
This is an opportunity.
It is an opportunity for the Row to change the global paradigm and develop more sustainably both for the environment, and economically. The current economic system is fundamentally broken and is heading toward collapse, precisely because of the debt model that the US has driven to increase wealth for a minority and gain control over the markets (and therefore other countries) globally. The RoW has the chance to do something about it, and move in another direction without significant cost, because it can recoup value by not selling to the US, and instead building for a sustainable world.
The EU should be leading with this, especially after the announcement of increased tariffs again. They should just Stop production in the US and start shifting everything to a global focus, bar the US. Sure, that will open the US market up to new countries to push in, but the RoW can then put trade embargoes on those countries. Who will trade with the US? Perhaps Russia, North Korea?
The US becomes a pariah.
Of its own making.
And again, I have a strong position that there is a massive difference between the government of a country, and the people of a country and it is a shame that there is such a conflict between the two. A government should be doing what is in the best interest of its people, all of its people, not just the wealthiest and the institutional investors. And, if we are going to make this planet liveable for humanity, part of the best for its people is to support growth in other countries too. It is much like personal relationships where to be our best as an individual, we need to have a strong network of individuals around us, and that means to be our best, we have to support the best of others too.
The greedy in the tribe get excised.
Socially exiled.
The irony is that the US has been the strongest proponent of internationalisation of markets over the last hundred years, because it was in its best financial interest to do so. Globalisation has been driven hard by the US, and it has given them a huge amount of benefit and control. They are now using that control to enact heavy costs on the rest of the world under the mistaken proviso that the RoW has no other options, no alternative course of action.
That is not the case.
The Rest of the World can hardfork the US out of the economy, by closing the doors into the US. The financial gateways, the goods and services gateways, the labour gateways, and the technological gateways - have doors on both ends. The RoW needn't mess around with tariffs, they just have to stop relying on the US as a market, as a protector, and as a cultural leader, because the US culture is profit at any cost and that is what we are starkly seeing exhibited now.
Break ties with the abusive partner.
Cut them loose, and wish them well on their future endeavours. Alone.
Taraz
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