[Thalean]

Yup. He wrote about it explicitly. Not sure why “republicans” believe in the fiction of free trade.

Wealth is like water, it flows downwards until all levels are equal. If you have the high ground, you must build a dam or risk being left high-and-dry.

[Architect of Avalon]

Good analogy.

[JPJones]

“Yup. He wrote about it explicitly. Not sure why “republicans” believe in the fiction of free trade.”

They’re getting rich off it.

“Wealth is like water, it flows downwards until all levels are equal. If you have the high ground, you must build a dam or risk being left high-and-dry.”

That’s a great metaphor. Our wealth has been flowing off of our high ground for decades.

Time to build our dam.

A damn big one.