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to dissipate and other countries are taking advantage of us by tariffing our stuff and making it even harder for people to build in the United States because if they then can't sell to other countries because they're being tariffed, they may as well go build in other countries.

to dissipate and other countries are taking advantage of us by tariffing our stuff and making it even harder for people to build in the United States because if they then can't sell to other countries because they're being tariffed, they may as well go build in other countries.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You're saying they really started to drop, I believe, late 1800s and really at the start of World War I and the end of World War I. That's when the United States government said, hey, let's ease up on everybody else to help them right now. And they have had that attitude since. Yeah.

You're saying they really started to drop, I believe, late 1800s and really at the start of World War I and the end of World War I. That's when the United States government said, hey, let's ease up on everybody else to help them right now. And they have had that attitude since. Yeah.

You're saying they really started to drop, I believe, late 1800s and really at the start of World War I and the end of World War I. That's when the United States government said, hey, let's ease up on everybody else to help them right now. And they have had that attitude since. Yeah.

Wait, what were those?

Wait, what were those?

Wait, what were those?

Do you feel like this... So I think probably some of the biggest motivation for this is the sense that the middle class is disappearing in the United States. Yes. And that is because middle class jobs are disappearing. And many of those jobs have been outshored. And I think there's been what I would call a fantasy... that we as Americans are smarter than everybody else.

Do you feel like this... So I think probably some of the biggest motivation for this is the sense that the middle class is disappearing in the United States. Yes. And that is because middle class jobs are disappearing. And many of those jobs have been outshored. And I think there's been what I would call a fantasy... that we as Americans are smarter than everybody else.

Do you feel like this... So I think probably some of the biggest motivation for this is the sense that the middle class is disappearing in the United States. Yes. And that is because middle class jobs are disappearing. And many of those jobs have been outshored. And I think there's been what I would call a fantasy... that we as Americans are smarter than everybody else.

And we are the ones who should be managing products and being creative like Apple does. And then the Chinese and the Indian, those people should make the phones, not us, right? But we'll keep designing the phones. And I think there's so much evidence that we are not going to be the dominant player in this forever. China is making... arguably better electric cars than us right now.

And we are the ones who should be managing products and being creative like Apple does. And then the Chinese and the Indian, those people should make the phones, not us, right? But we'll keep designing the phones. And I think there's so much evidence that we are not going to be the dominant player in this forever. China is making... arguably better electric cars than us right now.

And we are the ones who should be managing products and being creative like Apple does. And then the Chinese and the Indian, those people should make the phones, not us, right? But we'll keep designing the phones. And I think there's so much evidence that we are not going to be the dominant player in this forever. China is making... arguably better electric cars than us right now.

Asia has better public transit right now. China is testing out flying taxis right now. And that is also happening in the US actually, and it's very exciting, but at a much slower pace that's more expensive and is going through more regulations and all this stuff. So they're going to beat us on that most likely. And my concern is we've potentially lost the middle class because so many different

Asia has better public transit right now. China is testing out flying taxis right now. And that is also happening in the US actually, and it's very exciting, but at a much slower pace that's more expensive and is going through more regulations and all this stuff. So they're going to beat us on that most likely. And my concern is we've potentially lost the middle class because so many different

Asia has better public transit right now. China is testing out flying taxis right now. And that is also happening in the US actually, and it's very exciting, but at a much slower pace that's more expensive and is going through more regulations and all this stuff. So they're going to beat us on that most likely. And my concern is we've potentially lost the middle class because so many different