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[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The problem is isolationism often leads to situations we can't ignore, as with the world wars. We were isolationists before then, and we benefited greatly from our international involvement ever since. We are the richest country in the history of the world largely thanks to our geography and international involvement. The dollar is the world's fiat currency. We prefer not to fight wars for other people, rather we usually just fund and arm groups that share our interests.

If we withdraw back into our shell, we lose the privileged place we have in the world.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I’d argue that the US greatly benefited from isolationism during the world wars, since all the main destruction happened in Europe/Asia.

This meant that after joining the war late and being in the winning side, they were perfectly poised to inject themselves as a global trade leader. Ironically isolationism brought about the globalist policy today.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes, being late to the party did benefit the US, but only because we stopped being isolationist.

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