alt Hacker NewsMaybe letting other countries rob us blind is worse. The US has hardly any factories left. Is that "peace" or is that just losing, slowly?
Open borders can be GREAT, but they can also be a point of vulnerability if we lose control of them
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Trade happens because both sides agree and make an exchange. I don't understand how "other countries rob us blind."
> The US has hardly any factories left.
Feel free to start your own factory in US, nobody is stopping you. Just keep in mind that for commoditized products (most consumer stuff, for example), prices are all that matter. "Buy American" is not a product feature.
> Maybe letting other countries rob us blind is worse.
I find this argument interesting because the US economy is the largest in the entire world by a fairly wide margin. That the US is being robbed implies it's operating from a position of weakness, which is an absurd idea.
Are other countries with factories really responsible for US companies outsourcing manufacturing to them? Do you want cheap goods or do you want your fellow Americans paid pennies?
Who exactly is robbing you blind? Could it be your own billionaire class?
They're not robbing us blind. They're taking care of our manufacturing so that we can invest in things like the financial industry, fossil fuels, and AI.