Mia Wong

And then there was the entire manufacturing power of the United States. And this meant that alone among countries, right, the U.S. was in the most dominant position, like one of the most dominant positions a great power has ever been in, even though there technically was a second great power, right? They had an unbelievable percentage of the world's total manufacturing power.

And then there was the entire manufacturing power of the United States. And this meant that alone among countries, right, the U.S. was in the most dominant position, like one of the most dominant positions a great power has ever been in, even though there technically was a second great power, right? They had an unbelievable percentage of the world's total manufacturing power.

We had an unhinged percentage of the world's total gold reserves. We had, I guess, like the second largest army in the world. But, you know, we were significantly more technologically advanced than the USSR. And this had a bunch of extremely weird consequences because there was really no way for the amount of concentrated industrial power the US had to go but down.

We had an unhinged percentage of the world's total gold reserves. We had, I guess, like the second largest army in the world. But, you know, we were significantly more technologically advanced than the USSR. And this had a bunch of extremely weird consequences because there was really no way for the amount of concentrated industrial power the US had to go but down.

We had an unhinged percentage of the world's total gold reserves. We had, I guess, like the second largest army in the world. But, you know, we were significantly more technologically advanced than the USSR. And this had a bunch of extremely weird consequences because there was really no way for the amount of concentrated industrial power the US had to go but down.

Because we controlled so much of the world's wealth and so much of the world's manufacturing capacity that the only thing that could ever possibly happen was that the rest of the world would catch up. And this was a thing that was actually necessary. And this was something that was spurred on by the American industrial class, right?

Because we controlled so much of the world's wealth and so much of the world's manufacturing capacity that the only thing that could ever possibly happen was that the rest of the world would catch up. And this was a thing that was actually necessary. And this was something that was spurred on by the American industrial class, right?

Because we controlled so much of the world's wealth and so much of the world's manufacturing capacity that the only thing that could ever possibly happen was that the rest of the world would catch up. And this was a thing that was actually necessary. And this was something that was spurred on by the American industrial class, right?

Because they suddenly had all of these, like, Jeep factories you're trying to make cars out of, and they needed people to buy the cars. And the only way to do that was to rebuild Europe and to rebuild Japan in order to sort of rebuild these places as markets. And so...

Because they suddenly had all of these, like, Jeep factories you're trying to make cars out of, and they needed people to buy the cars. And the only way to do that was to rebuild Europe and to rebuild Japan in order to sort of rebuild these places as markets. And so...

Because they suddenly had all of these, like, Jeep factories you're trying to make cars out of, and they needed people to buy the cars. And the only way to do that was to rebuild Europe and to rebuild Japan in order to sort of rebuild these places as markets. And so...

For a very brief time, and this is the sort of golden age that all of these Trump people and all of these weird dipshits harken back to was this hard time of unmatched American power. But also, it was a time in the world economy where you could have multiple powers industrializing at the same time without it being zero-sum. And that just was not going to last.

For a very brief time, and this is the sort of golden age that all of these Trump people and all of these weird dipshits harken back to was this hard time of unmatched American power. But also, it was a time in the world economy where you could have multiple powers industrializing at the same time without it being zero-sum. And that just was not going to last.

For a very brief time, and this is the sort of golden age that all of these Trump people and all of these weird dipshits harken back to was this hard time of unmatched American power. But also, it was a time in the world economy where you could have multiple powers industrializing at the same time without it being zero-sum. And that just was not going to last.

Because at a certain point, and this is accelerated by things we've talked about in other episodes, like this attempt by a bunch of what were called the Non-Aligned Movement, or sort of the G77, you know, also like the Third World Movement, a bunch of these countries that were non-aligned, like Yugoslavia, India...

Because at a certain point, and this is accelerated by things we've talked about in other episodes, like this attempt by a bunch of what were called the Non-Aligned Movement, or sort of the G77, you know, also like the Third World Movement, a bunch of these countries that were non-aligned, like Yugoslavia, India...

Because at a certain point, and this is accelerated by things we've talked about in other episodes, like this attempt by a bunch of what were called the Non-Aligned Movement, or sort of the G77, you know, also like the Third World Movement, a bunch of these countries that were non-aligned, like Yugoslavia, India...

Pakistan, which you could you could immediately tell how this alliance is going to ship because these two countries are like are like in the same alliance. Right. Like, you know, this is the Tito's Yugoslavia is in this with like Saudi Arabia. These countries sort of like economic strategy was to create something that actually is in a lot of ways kind of like what Trump is trying to do.

Pakistan, which you could you could immediately tell how this alliance is going to ship because these two countries are like are like in the same alliance. Right. Like, you know, this is the Tito's Yugoslavia is in this with like Saudi Arabia. These countries sort of like economic strategy was to create something that actually is in a lot of ways kind of like what Trump is trying to do.

Pakistan, which you could you could immediately tell how this alliance is going to ship because these two countries are like are like in the same alliance. Right. Like, you know, this is the Tito's Yugoslavia is in this with like Saudi Arabia. These countries sort of like economic strategy was to create something that actually is in a lot of ways kind of like what Trump is trying to do.