Eric Czuleger

There was an exchange for this too and that was that the United States would then become the sort of police of the global ocean, right? But they wouldn't be putting their thumb on the scale for any one particular nation because a lot of the European conflicts were really over who got access to resources and who could control the market.

There was an exchange for this too and that was that the United States would then become the sort of police of the global ocean, right? But they wouldn't be putting their thumb on the scale for any one particular nation because a lot of the European conflicts were really over who got access to resources and who could control the market.

if the United States was able to project power on both seas at the exact same time, the Atlantic and the Pacific, and establish that as a global marketplace, then globalization could go anywhere without anybody stepping on each other's toes. So we've had that for many, many years, and it has brought a good deal of wealth to the United States, but it's also allowed everybody else to globalize.

if the United States was able to project power on both seas at the exact same time, the Atlantic and the Pacific, and establish that as a global marketplace, then globalization could go anywhere without anybody stepping on each other's toes. So we've had that for many, many years, and it has brought a good deal of wealth to the United States, but it's also allowed everybody else to globalize.

if the United States was able to project power on both seas at the exact same time, the Atlantic and the Pacific, and establish that as a global marketplace, then globalization could go anywhere without anybody stepping on each other's toes. So we've had that for many, many years, and it has brought a good deal of wealth to the United States, but it's also allowed everybody else to globalize.

And for a brief period of time from the 1940s up until the 1960s, we saw that sort of like American golden age where somebody within a generation went from being close to the poverty line to being decently wealthy. Everybody had this belief in their future tense because they could see that they were becoming healthier, wealthier, and more secure as they went along, potentially like

And for a brief period of time from the 1940s up until the 1960s, we saw that sort of like American golden age where somebody within a generation went from being close to the poverty line to being decently wealthy. Everybody had this belief in their future tense because they could see that they were becoming healthier, wealthier, and more secure as they went along, potentially like

And for a brief period of time from the 1940s up until the 1960s, we saw that sort of like American golden age where somebody within a generation went from being close to the poverty line to being decently wealthy. Everybody had this belief in their future tense because they could see that they were becoming healthier, wealthier, and more secure as they went along, potentially like

Our grandparents, like I know that my, you know, my grandfather went from being like, you know, he was a refrigerator salesman and my father became a judge. Like, so this was an enormous generational jump up. But progress started to slow and progress started to slow due to the fact that America moved through this process of.

Our grandparents, like I know that my, you know, my grandfather went from being like, you know, he was a refrigerator salesman and my father became a judge. Like, so this was an enormous generational jump up. But progress started to slow and progress started to slow due to the fact that America moved through this process of.

Our grandparents, like I know that my, you know, my grandfather went from being like, you know, he was a refrigerator salesman and my father became a judge. Like, so this was an enormous generational jump up. But progress started to slow and progress started to slow due to the fact that America moved through this process of.

being a value-added manufacturing-based middle class to being a skills and knowledge-based middle class. And suddenly we were able to export the labor that is required with manufacturing. We could come up with the ideas, but the labor would seek the point in the world that had the lowest price point. So whenever you open an iPhone, you see designed in California.

being a value-added manufacturing-based middle class to being a skills and knowledge-based middle class. And suddenly we were able to export the labor that is required with manufacturing. We could come up with the ideas, but the labor would seek the point in the world that had the lowest price point. So whenever you open an iPhone, you see designed in California.

being a value-added manufacturing-based middle class to being a skills and knowledge-based middle class. And suddenly we were able to export the labor that is required with manufacturing. We could come up with the ideas, but the labor would seek the point in the world that had the lowest price point. So whenever you open an iPhone, you see designed in California.

You certainly don't see made in California. Right. And globalization allowed that to happen, so then you had a sort of hollowing out of the middle class because now you really just need skills and knowledge-based workers, and you need people who are very low-skilled workers or service workers.

You certainly don't see made in California. Right. And globalization allowed that to happen, so then you had a sort of hollowing out of the middle class because now you really just need skills and knowledge-based workers, and you need people who are very low-skilled workers or service workers.

You certainly don't see made in California. Right. And globalization allowed that to happen, so then you had a sort of hollowing out of the middle class because now you really just need skills and knowledge-based workers, and you need people who are very low-skilled workers or service workers.

And so we don't have that robust middle class anymore, and it's like there's an exporting of those things to countries that the price point is simply cheaper. And so – This same thing is now possible as we, as I'm looking at the sort of future of statecraft too, where it's like at some point we'll have people that are so wealthy that their country doesn't matter anymore.

And so we don't have that robust middle class anymore, and it's like there's an exporting of those things to countries that the price point is simply cheaper. And so – This same thing is now possible as we, as I'm looking at the sort of future of statecraft too, where it's like at some point we'll have people that are so wealthy that their country doesn't matter anymore.

And so we don't have that robust middle class anymore, and it's like there's an exporting of those things to countries that the price point is simply cheaper. And so – This same thing is now possible as we, as I'm looking at the sort of future of statecraft too, where it's like at some point we'll have people that are so wealthy that their country doesn't matter anymore.