>>22639
I agree. America has a massive potential to still be a powerhouse of production and innovation while being energy independent, the problem is our politicians and government has squandered and strangulated that potential through regulation and suicidal "green" policies. The BRICS nations will nod their heads in supposed ‘agreement’ for PR and the stupid gullible Western leaders take it as some hollow ‘victory’, but look what those other nations do behind our backs, the complete opposite and it is only helping their countries further advance and industrialize. While the American government is shutting down domestic power plants nations like China, Russia and India are busy building new ones every year and their middle classes keep growing due to cheaper energy, cheaper production and cheaper transportation. We once honored that as capitalism ironically.