“ a country populated by americans, producing and consuming goods and services made by other americans within the umbrella of the same democratic polity.”

Which is a fine vision. Of course, Americans will have to consider why the goods on our shelves are so plentiful and so cheap.

All we are doing is making America weaker on the global scale while you cling to this fantasy.

But to be clear, in this fantasy, do you acknowledge and accept that costs for Americans are going to up? Things are going to get more expensive across the board for Americans?

Do you trust that this administration is competent enough to protect American companies?

are you including immigrants from africa in your def of who these "americans" should be?

What's good for Americans (everyone really) is easy, open access to huge global markets, where economies of scale and differentiation can bring the most prosperity. There's no reason Americans, Brits, Swedes, Italians, Singaporeans and so on can't do this. The handful of bad (albeit powerful) actors shouldn't stop this.

Is that from the protocols? What would you know about society and empire? You’re just some dork on the internet too much.