Especially in the modern context in the year of our lord 2024. Is it relevant? What do I need to know about it ?

EDIT : Thanks everyone for this really informative thread.

  • Roonerino [they/them]
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    11 days ago

    Interesting, I always kind of pictured this hypothetical as a sort of "US workers getting dragged down to the same level of misery of the global proletariat", but the entire supply chain supporting most human existence in the US collapsing would probably be a more pressing issue.

    • freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 days ago

      Yeah that "being dragged down to equal" is sort of a fantasy trope related to the whole "civilized" vs "uncivilized" framing. The reality is that the USA is built on unsustainable imperial largesse at industrial scale.