"American Empire Is in Decline": Economist Richard Wolff on Trump's Trade War & Tariffs

[Uncle Joe]

4. Both can be true at the same time as everything is relative.

It depends on whether global perceptions follow reality or lead it, and how rapidly those dynamics take place.

Our dysfunctional wealth disparity which has been building up for over the past half century is the canary in the gold mine.

Even when the canary was getting sick or died, we were far too busy still trying to mine gold at the expense of the miners instead of going through the expense (born primarily by the mine owners) of installing adequate ventilation.