LOL. The US is simply not irrelevant. Unencumbered by the TPP, we're stronger than ever, as will the UK be, once they extricate themselves from the socialist straight jacket of the EU. We are the 800 pound gorilla in a cage with a bunch of chimps and we are a force to be reckoned with, even if our gorilla is ugly and cantankerous. You vastly underestimate our power and clout, even in our current state of civil war. In fact, I'd say that when a country like ours is involved in inner turmoil like right now, that is when that country is at its most dangerous, because a country like ours is liable to lash out fiercely to maintain power, as it tries to resolve the inner turmoil.
TPP is like Chinese central control of the Internet or like the Fed's central control of the money supply. A few smart people at the center will never be smarter than millions of free actors interacting with each other furthering each others and their own best interests. That is why the decentralized internet is such a powerful force. Decentralization can be more chaotic and unpredictable, but it is undeniably more innovative and dynamic and successful in its ability to lift people out of poverty and into prosperity. Centralized economies are inherently fragile, because they require making assumptions about a great many things that no one can predict, and thereby, they stifle the engines of growth and the creativity that brings innovation. That is why centralized economies like those employing Socialism and Communism are simply doomed to be Lowest Common Denominator economies, at their very best. Whereas, Capitalism isn't always fair in its delivery of equality of wealth, but it drives the most innovation and overall wealth to the people as a whole.
I can see you lack an understanding of a very many things, not the least of which is human and political psychology, as well as how economies work. |
