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Originally Posted by Ryzorian
Sutekidane;The US had 20 to 21% of the Worlds GDP in 1910, back when it was isolationist. We can handle ourselves fine, plenty of land mass, populaton and natural resources. Plus "isolationist" doesn't mean we didn't freely trade with everyone, and I mean FREELY TRADE, no stupid tarrifs or governmental sponserships or "forbiddin" products. We let you sell anything you can produce here and you let us sell anything we can produce there, no strings attached, otherwise no deal.
AS to what happens to those other country's you mentioned, why Nothing, of course. The US is the big bad guy here right? Everybody else is all lovy dovy if not for our bullying ways, yes?
Being isolationist doesn't mean being weak. I don't mess with you and you don't mess with me, but if you do mess with me, I'll wipe you from existance. That was the essence of "speak softly but carry a big stick". Basically we didn't want to start fights back then, but we could finish them if you did.
The truth of the matter is that the rest of the world has grown soft and resents relying on US power for everything. So fine, we withdraw so the world can once again feel what it is to have no "big brother" refereeing everybody. If the US did go isolationist, how long before the world plunged into a World War? Five years? Ten?..........
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Isolationism on the part of the US a la Ron Paul may not be bad for the world, essentially it will be rolling back of the US imperial tentacles on the planet, but with the corporations and the billionaires using these tentacles to make money, will they let it happen? I will have to see it to believe it. As it is the Tea Party are being used as a tool of the corporations and they are intensely loyal to the cause of Israel, except for Ron Paul. But he will never win precisely because of this divide, between the founder of the Tea party and what most of the Tea Party have become today, under funding and direction of Koch brothers:
The Daily Advance
US Politics | AMERICAblog News: Koch Bros now worth $50 billion, up by $15 billion since March 2010
Does Isolationism mean no interference in the American hemisphere as well? What will happen to Monroe doctrine? Up in smokes?
Privatized health care, safety net and education, deregulation of finance, environment and industries are recipe's for disasters, but with an isolationist USA, if the US wallows in its own misery and becomes poor and backwards, that is its own problem and not a headache for the world any more. Really, the rest of the world could care less.