@Qingu
Europe created the blueprint for industrialism.
I think you’d be hard pressed to say that. Advances in agriculture, inventions such as the cotton gin, Edison’s incandescent bulb, Ford’s assembly line, and fair labor practices all were part of our country’s contribution. These are the roots of modern day industrialism. Yes there were technological advances in Europe but we created a better system and we overtook them. In the 1950’s Japan copied us-cameras, televisions, radios, automobiles and now China and India are doing likewise.
Pretty sure Canada could find lots of buyers in China, India, and Europe for their oil and exports if Americans don’t want them.
Today maybe, but in 1900 China and India weren’t even buying rice. And they would not have been able to process the fuel nor the investment to tap it. Yes they would have grown but Canada would not have grown as fast as they have without us. This technology originated in America, was fueled by the Industrial Revolution and we exported it.