Nationalist movements like Make America Great Again imagine strength lies in stripping back social interdependence — closing borders, rejecting science, idealizing self-reliance. In doing so, they try to turn society into something shark-like: simple, strong, self-contained.
In the globalized world we live in, though that’s impossible, especially if America wants to thrive. The genie is out of the bottle. Every economy, every supply chain, every major problem — from pandemics to climate change — depends on cooperation.
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