Comment by grafmax

We’re dictatorships by the rich. The US doesn’t even care about the semblance of democracy any more. There is no moral basis to such appeals. Consider Saudi Arabia. It’s geopolitical.

And on that front, the rivalry with China is actively stoked. They’ve been a top trading partner. We could have a relationship based on cooperation not rivalry but our leaders are incompetent and adversarial. Still you have some US consumers who seem to want higher prices for themselves. At the end of the day it’s the defense lobby who will be profiting from chauvinism.