[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

We're trading paper money, for real "stuff". T Shirts, consumer electronics, junk from Temu, plastic shoes, paper plates. All those cheap workers in China are turning out mostly cheap, throwaway, consumer goods.

In the meantime, we're selling the world; airplanes, technology, financial instruments/technology, ships and industrial machinery.

Call me crazy, but that sounds like a decent deal. Do we want our workers, turning out T Shirts & sandals? They're supplying all our "junk".

In the meantime, we're protecting the environment of the entire globe (that no one else really cares about), making it impossible for us to manufacture the junk China can produce.

The truth of the matter is China is putting out much better quality industrial goods than ever before.