Here is my feeling about the cry for respect from Americans the global economy has left behind: I may care, I may sympathize, but the rest of the world doesn’t give a shit. There are billions of people ready to run rings around us if we don’t up our game.
https://twitter.com/nytdavidbrooks/status/1443761886013624323
You may think that they only got there because “they cheat” or “we let them”. You underestimate them. They focus relentlessly on educating their children, do jobs we won’t, and are willing to sacrifice comfort today for a better tomorrow.
Some of them come to the US to achieve this, for which we should be proud and grateful. But they will do it here or there, regardless of whether we “let” them.
“Americans might not enjoy the standard of living they’ve come to expect”. Yeah. 100%. There is nothing that entitles us to this. We have to earn it just like anyone from any other nation has to, by providing goods, services, and innovations people around the world actually want.
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