Its actually what corporate needs.

Except when it backfires and they don't want any.

Remains to be seen 4 years from now.

Rich industrialists wanted to use chinese labour to stiff local American workers. This was and remains one of the goals of globalist expansion. Now that they want to stiff chinese workers as their wages rose, and don't want people stealing their stolen products.

For all the talk of meritocracy these Americans don't like to play fair.

Yes being greedy expecting exponential growth is unsustainable

What amuses me is this reads like is written by an amazed american getting wowed by some things the rest of the world already has had for decades. Whats sad is Americans have this exceptionalism mentality where if an old tech like steam and diesel caused them to rule out rail... they never reconsider even if the tech advances.

Of course they are. The more they get to know their classmates the less ignorant they become and hence the less weird behaviors they exhibit.

Wrong number... right energy

No.. their policy is blame immigrants and convince their constituents that the whip that hits them and the boot that stomps them hurts immigrants and people of colour more than them. Meanwhile they pass bills that deregulate the capitalist class and punishes the workers.

Edit: I am actually just elaborating your description which is more succinct

This is why giving money to billionaires doesn't work. Give it to normal working people. They will get some relief and this will increase their morale so the country gets better.

We dunk on hypocrisy

Nobody needs driverless or magnetic. Just do the simple fucking trains for now. Bunch of circus baboons the lot...