One of the promises of globalization has always been that it would make countries like China, more like America.

Has that happened?

Yeah, in fact America, I will argue, is becoming more like China.

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There's a survey just out of American opinion and it's a survey that tries to assess how Americans view America's standing in the world.

The survey shows that there has been a sharp drop. In other words, an almost 9% drop, 8.2% of Americans lost confidence in America as being the leading power in the world.

This is supposed to be the second largest rapid drop that's been measured in 20 years. What's the cause of it?

On the front, the cause of it is Afghanistan. The poll shows that people think that this was a debacle, the unnecessary debts of American forces and Afghanistan.

The Americans left behind to this day. It might have vanished from the media, but it hasn't vanished from people's psyche.

They know that they're Americans still stuck in Afghanistan. We spent a trillion dollars, all those lives lost over the years. What do we have to show for it?

Our allies have been harshly critical of America, which is to say the Biden administration's role in this disastrous pullout.

We see a drop of confidence in America coming from Republicans to be sure, but also from Independence.

Also, Democrats, we see a 5.3% drop. Even Democrats think that America's position is eroding and is eroding due to the actions of the current administration.

I think all of this, although interesting, understates the broader significance of what's been happening, not just in America, but around the world.

Let's pull back to one of the great promises of globalization. By the way, a cause promoted by Left and Right over the past 30 years and more.

The idea going back to the fall of the Soviet Union is we need to have this neoliberal world order. If we do, a world order that's based upon liberal democracy, it's based upon capitalism, we're going to try to make everybody more like us.

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