Comments by "alex smith" (@alexsmith-ob3lu) on "The Realities Of Trump's Trade War" video.

  1. That is the price we Americans have to pay in order to secure our national interests. Globalization is ridiculous since the beginning, when you’re producing products in a dozen different countries and having them shipped all around! One minor political action (civil war, corruption, etc.) and you’re forced to scramble to get your products “out in time.” Quite frankly, we’d much rather pay higher wages and benefits to a fellow American, than exploit a South Asian or Chinese or Mexican child labourer! The pain staking, incrementally built up manufacturing, and techno-industrial wealth in America is for Heritage Americans to enjoy! America only needs to import natural resources (I.e.: minerals) and thats all.
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  2. I would love to see an update on this topic of the American economy in 2023 or 2022. Fascinating stuff!
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  3.  @MrMarinus18  It's really not that complicated... If you understood basic American history, we fought a civil war in order to enforce high tariffs of imported manufactured goods. From 1865 to 1900, American industries boomed and prospered despite such highly enforced tariffs. And after WW2, our industries still brought us tremendous economic wealth.
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  4. Haha, American built up its own manufacturing (techno-industrial) wealth with high tariffs, strong focus on education and vocational training. The wealth and jobs belong to Americans! America only needs to import natural resources (I.e.: minerals).
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  5.  @johnnotrealname8168  Okay, fine with me. You can suffer the consequences later on when a bunch of countries decide to economically "strangle you" and you yourself will will be forced to watch your child, parent, or best friend die from illness because all our products are made somewhere else.
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