Dan’l : Japan was a very different country on December 7th, 1941, and most Americans are nothing like our people were back then…
I reckon enough of us still are, whenever push comes to shove.
This economic crisis was not anything that anyone needed: there were other ways, through diplomacy, to incentivize others to honor fair trade agreements.

SKYWalkers OP Dan’l : there's a Chinese saying, "富不過三代", "Wealth stops at the 3rd Generation".
if a generation is 25 years, after WW2, it's now 1945 + 80 years, US's 3rd Generation post war, ended in 2020, what a coincidence in the year, and it's now the 4th Generation, if they make it, they will reverse the curse, if not, it's a sheer decline.
I do hope there's enough Americans pulling up their straps and push forward with the same vigour as during WW2, it's a real War, even though it's now only a Cold War.