[yellowapple]

Does it, though? If anything it seems like the opposite: China's success had directly enabled my standard of living as an American to be as high as it is.

I suppose it'd be true that the standard of living of some Americans depends on China not succeeding — specifically, those Americans who own corporations competing with Chinese firms — but I think they'll survive just fine with only 10 yachts instead of 15.

[fragmede]

There's maybe a tiny bit more to international economics than who gets a yacht. We know how American lives are, given history. The question you have to ask yourself, is what if Apple had invested $275 billion over 5 years into the US instead of China.