So you think going backwards and becoming a developing nation is a good thing?

What do you think happens when all the “developing” nations develop and refuse to get paid peanuts to make your phones?

The Vulcans come visit Earth and the Federation gets formed. How the heck should I know?

Most people don't work in tech. IIRC the most common jobs are retail, food service, healthcare, and education.

In my experience, most US tech workers see the non-tech US like most of the US sees the rest of the world: they intellectually understand that they’re a small piece of the pie, but living within an attention and influence bubble subconsciously makes people feel like the center of the universe. This can make average people feel superior and above average people feel exceptional.

Like in Garrison Keillor’s Lake Woebegone, where all of the children are above average.

And we're decimating retail through tariffs, we're cutting as many people as we can out of food service, and we're ending much federal funding around education. Doesn't seem great.