Take a look at the economies of the pre civil was north and south. In the south while labor had to compete with low cost slave labor. The result, dirt poor while people. In the north where was no low cost slave labor to compete against, the result, was much more prosperous society.
Conclusion? If the us government does nothing to protect usa labor from competition from low cost third world slave labor, then we like the poor whites of the old south will all be dirt poor. And you will be to blame for abject poverty that you are leaving your children.
The conclusion is that “outsourcing” jobs to the South that could be done cheaper there did not damage the North’s economy (although I’m sure there were plenty of fearful people predicting its end).
And despite these “unfair labor practices” and the “grossly unequal labor costs” and everything else that people think will destroy us today in Asia, the North’s prosperity and Industry breed by freedom left it able to field an army large enough to invade and crush the South after it rebelled.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I’ll use it next time I feel like entering one of these “sky is falling” threads.