Maybe 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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analog31 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	9x39 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is great until you're at war (economic or kinetic) with who does your manufacturing. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.

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phaedryx 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Trade happens because both sides agree and make an exchange. I don't understand how "other countries rob us blind."

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warkdarrior 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> 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.

	▲	cooggog 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Some years ago. I learned about a new -ish technology that fascinated me. I started to research ways to get in on the development of this technology: i.e. what sort of opportunities might there be for a startup or small business in the space. The answer I found was very sobering and mildly depressing. There was no room for developing the technology itself. That had already been done by large companies with the capital and resources to commoditize things early. Instead, the real opportunities were found in business/management consulting selling the product and tangential things, like having a construction company to help build out infrastructure needed for the technology. At this point I think technology no longer interests me because it doesn’t have a place for me.

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picafrost 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> 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?

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padjo 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Who exactly is robbing you blind? Could it be your own billionaire class?