"America first" probably is a good policy just because I think we enough domestic issues that we need to take care of rather than having to deal with a lot of external wars that don't go anywhere and only perpetuate themselves. I'm not advocating for isolationism, I'm advocating that we don't ruin ourselves trying to be world police and to take care of our own mess locally before we begin trying to clean everyone else's.
Plus given China's rising power, and how we ought to be world hegemon and not the fascist state which is LITERALLY ENACTING GENOCIDE AND TRYING TO EXPAND ITS IMPERIAL POWER ACROSS THE SOUTH ASIAN SEA, as well as suppressing any form of human rights that dare conflict with their economic conquest, it's better to make America independent and to ween itself off of their teat and provide for our own goods and services. This doesn't mean we can't have trade deals with Britain, the EU or other allies like Japan or Canada, but we need to cut the corruption out and make sure China doesn't get too big for its britches. It's better to improve our economy and make it so we're making ourselves not dependent on anyone but ourselves, which Biden seems to already be trying to ruin as much as possible.
Instead of these empty global gestures where we seem to be selling off our underclass for a bunch of bourgeois elites and monopolies, who about we instead try to improve the lives of the working class and the average American?
So yeah, we need to be a little bit selfish and have a spine to put ourselves first, because otherwise we'd just be benefiting this international elite and those at the very top, because otherwise, those that would fill that power vacuum are much, much worse than America has been in any point in her history.
@Triparadox
My question is why does it matter that there are more countries that aren't America? We remain in our country because we want to, and if you don't want to be in America, you're free to leave as is your right. It doesn't matter if there are other countries that aren't America, because if we aren't doing well, we can't help those other countries to the best of our ability through things like producing goods and services, or spreading our values like equal opportunity under the law, tolerance towards different beliefs and ideas, and the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. If we can't ensure our own citizenry these values that have been enshrined in our constitution, then how the hell can we ensure others have these rights as well?
@wowfucktron
Not only that, but the government has an obligation to her own people first before any other people, for it is by their consent that they are legitimate. We have a social contract that we section off power to various branches and agencies of government to prevent tyranny, but that means that the government must serve the interests and needs of its people foremost and not the interests of its own power or of foreign powers. If the government fails to do this, the people have not only a right, but a duty to renegotiate the social contract, by preferably peace, but by force if they must.
If the government does not care about best servicing its own people, but by either lining its pockets, maintaining its own dominance or power, or ensuring its own security above those of the people they are sworn to protect, then it is the duty for the people to fight against them, for they are enemies of the nation, regardless of how they view themselves.
