@tiskaan @Moon imo it has to do with deregulation & hypercapitalism starting in the regan era. Dodge v. Ford. and basically the American business man "taking matters in to their own hands" after the catastrophic failure of anti-communism in the far east. which is hilarious, because they played right into China's hands with that one.

you should compare this graph to US v. China GDP growth for the last 100 years or so. which, imo, also is part of the reason that right wing populism is growing so much rn. the US fash are being forced to reckon with their own limits and they hate it. there's nothing left to plunder except their own coffers.

i might be off on some details, but this is the general vibe i get.