The idea that Americans need to return to the isolationist policies of 100+ years ago is ludicrous. It's also not possible to do so. As long as American corporations are doing business all over the world, it's not possible to withdraw from the global economy and restrict those corporations to "America first".
In 1917, the US population was a little over 107 million people. There's more than three times that number today. And the same policies which gave rise to American business, also lead to the stock market crash and the Great Depression.
What made America the richest country in the world wasn't isolatipnism, it was globalism. It was supplying the Allies in WWII, and keeping them supplied while they rebuilt Europe after the war. It was trade unions that built the middle class. All of the things that Republicans hate, made America great.
You can never return to the past. Everything is different today. Things are very different from when I grew up in the 1950's. To suggest going backwards is simplifying the obvious. What worked then will not work today. The technology, communications and business methods of the early 20th century are archaic by today's standards. How we interact and view other countries and cultures has evolved. Too much has changed, including the people and what they expect.
This interview wasn't what I expected at all. Bannon is longing for a past that never was and willing to destroy America's future to achieve it.
You're positively ancient yet delude yourself into thinking you understand the modern age. Every system you claim as a benefit to America is extremely outdated and considering the state of things today, they've caused more harm than good. WWII, trade unions...talk about living in the past. As for globalism, who other than giant multinational corporations does that system benefit? Sorry but it's about time you old fogies relinquish control to people who aren't completely out of touch with reality.
No doubt, The only thing worse than nationalism is globalism.
Nationalism is not wrong or bad
Globalism is
Globalism is the end of all that we know as culture and society and tradition.... and it's poison.
Globalism will not succeed, thanks GOD.
Globalism has already succeeded. The world is a much smaller place than it was 50 years ago, everything travels faster.
Notice that Donald Trump didn't even put the properties he owns around the world into a blind trust, much less divest himself of his international holdings. That's globalization.
His Mar-a-lago golf club. applied for H1N1 visas to bring in foreign workers to fill jobs that should have gone to Americans. Jobs as maids or cooks. What he's saying is there is no one in Florida qualified to clean his hotel rooms or cook food at his hotel. His clothing is manufactured in China, his ties are made in Mexico. That's globalization.
If your own President isn't putting America First, what makes you think other American businesses will divest themselves of their international holdings and stop globalization.
That is what Bannon is saying he wants to do. That Americans need to get out of other countries and take care of Americans first. But as long as "American Interests" include American owned companies and property in foreign countries, the American economy is a globalized economy. As long as companies like Walmart, McDonalds, Marshalls, General Motors, and on and on, own stores, factories, and businesses in foreign countries, the US is involved in globalization.
