>>545261124wtf is that tweet talking about?mises Institute is arguing that US economic sanctions caused Cuba's economic collapse by restricting its ability to engage in international trade. If anything, this is an argument for free trade,showing how Cuba became poorer without it,and against government intervention in voluntary economic exchanges, regardless of whether the trading partner is communist. It's actually pretty consistent take with their ideology.
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>>545261840lol it's the inevitable outcome of becoming economivaly dependant on foreign countries, you always end up poor.
>>545262154Literally every modern country on Earth is economically dependent on other countries. Hunter gatherer tribes and subsistence farmers are the only people who don't need foreign trade to survive.
>>545262294Ah yes the argument from the 1600s that retards still spout today>those tiny asians hands fly all over the keyboard, how can we possibly compete!No, there are only a handful of resources that are legitimately only found in one place on earth and need to be traded, literally everythign else doesn't, especially value add goods as you are implying.
>>545261124>you libertarians actually want to trade with other countries?Yeah…
>>545261124they have finally realised what the "socialists" in "national socialists" means?
>>545262834>resources that are legitimately only found in one place on earthKek. Who believes this?>Bro I swear bats only poop on one rock in Brazil
>>545262834On one hand I appreciate you making this post, because no useful resources are so scarce that only one person could have them all, that would make those resources just not useful. On the other you’re wrong that we don’t benefit from trade, you wouldn’t also argue that an isolated country needs to spread its economic activity equally over the whole land would you? Under the same authority you see the benefits of specialization of peoples and areas, so why not the whole world? It’s called comparative advantage, it’s better to let highly skilled first worlders do highly skilled work and let the third world monkeys make t shirts.
>>545261840Of course, free trade means you can engage in commerce with whom you wish and if you don't want to trade with Cuba you don't have to.
>>545262834You will be much much much poorer without international trade. And no... no nation can make everything and maintain a high standard of living. And why would you? Why would you inefficiently use labor and tech when you don't have to? Comparative advantage is a good thing.
>>545261124Lolberts are gay and impotent, but accusing them of inconsistency because they don't want to use government power for economic warfare is a weird approach. Anyway, I hope you get AIDS.
