>>11775076>US foreign policy is fucked up but at least we sort of care about the well-being of other countries.The US was prepared to turn Japan into a deindustrialized puppet state, until the Soviets and Chinese scared them into allowing the Japanese to continue operating their companies.
Then, in 1985, when it seemed like Japan was going to eclipse the US, with a soaring economy, technological innovation that outpaced even Silicon Valley, the US forced Japan to sign the Plaza Accords, devaluing the US dollar and increasing the price of the Yen to make US exports more competitive, which caused an investment bubble into Japan that blew up and destroyed not only Japanese birthrates and their job market but also their financial stability.
