The result of a lack of care

Well, in the opposite I mean.

and hence a laziness to do any research

Well it is so much easier to hear someone else say it. Now we have people living vicariously through "smart people" like the jewish fellow.

the number of times i bring this protectionist argument forward

and then someone goes "yea but economists sayz dat you wrong"

*yea economists are mostly delusion*

"but bro, i dun no wat 2 say 2 u, they r pros bro"

Its so upsetting.

Its like being locked in bullet proof glass

The world moving around you and you can't do anything

you want to hear a real conspiracy

koch bros donate money to free trade advocates

Oh I do love those

people who teach and preach free trade

Wait, what is the effect of that?

What is the goal or intention

to popularise free trade in both educational institutions (like colleges) and in the public eye

the name even sounds great right

"why would you be against FREE trade?"

are you anti FREEDOM???

the koch bros import and export a bunch of products

so they want trade barriers to be lower so that more people buy their stuff, and they can sell more of their stuff

also theyre ideological libertarians

who believe we should do literally whatever we want without much, if any, government interference

and that includes economic decisions

Free trade is good to an extent though right? Just in a well regulated example

In moderation basically

free trade for industries you have no interest in protecting is good

or you simply want cheaper prices for other reasons

like steel say

steel is an input in dozens of other industries

so if you increase the price of steel with tariffs, you increase the costs of production for all those other industries

obviously this isnt good

but say you have a phone company in america and one in china

phones arent an input into anything else

so you raise the price of phone imports, but dont affect any other industry's production costs

in the short term you may affect demand of the companies who *sell to the foriegn phone companies*, but this will be swept up by your local phone manufacturer who has *increased demand* because they offer cheaper phones than china now

Very intriguing. So its greed essentially, to promote free trade and avoid the tariffs at the global economies languishment for your own personal gain.

yea