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1. bachmeier ◴[] No.21586204[source]
> The financial incentives don’t help any Americans, and in fact, most of us are hurt by this relationship.

What a weird statement. We buy Chinese goods because it makes us better off. "The US is full of idiots that engage in voluntary transactions that make them worse off" is a hard claim to accept.

Obviously some people are worse off because of trade with China. And some are worse off because of technology. And a much larger number are worse off because of domestic competition. Open source software has killed lots of commercial software jobs. That's a good thing for most of us.

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