A nation puts the interests of its own citizens first. That’s the purpose of having a sovereign government. But something went wrong with the rise of the globalists, who envisioned an order that overrode mere nations and sought to build a conglomeration of like-minded operators with an internationalist outlook. Adhering loosely to a Nash equilibrium, each country assumed that all others would not deviate from the set course. And then came the return of President Donald Trump.
Globalists and the Nash Equilibrium
The Nash equilibrium, a game theory idea, assumes that in a non-cooperative game, no player can gain an advantage by changing strategy. We have seen this across decades, with “stability” in diplomacy and economic policy driving decisions. You ca look at it as a positive-sum game rather than a zero-sum game. Part of this is necessary as imports…