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Originally Posted by Mat ov CPFC
Which is dangerous but, if I was an American, I would be asking myself what is so wrong with being insular ? They live in a rich, powerful country that has plenty of natural resources, lots of land to expand into and with a still strong legal system. Why should it look outwards ? What is so wrong with the US just withdrawing into its own borders ? It has no need to take on board globalisation. It has no need to fight wars in the middle east. Actually Trump might have a point about building the fences. For your average American I can see why Trump might have a real point. That is what is so scary.
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Personally, I don't have any issues whatsoever with the US going isolationist. But that is just unrealistic.
It's a global economy for everyone now and it is incumbent upon a developed government to protect its interests which are...well...global.
And that spawns a lot of the current issues we are seeing. The disenfranchised of the world are taking their frustrations out on the groups they see as better off and uncaring. They would like to raze certain parts of the world to the ground and feel justified in doing so.
I don't agree with it, but I can understand it.
And understanding it is what makes the current climate so scary (for lack of a better word). They have nothing to lose and the West has much to lose.
I look at the whole affair as economic rather than religious. Religion is always an excellent borrow for politics.