I hope you understand that this is PRECISELY the argument of the anarchists who show up and riot at every meeting of big business and/or government financial agencies. Rush calls their participants “long-haired, dope-smoking, maggot-infested”.
Of course, your analysis of the collapse is 180 degrees from reality as would be expected.
The collapse was precipitated by the government forcing banks to loan money to people who could not pay it back. This eventually caused real estate to collapse bringing down the whole economy with it. It had NOTHING to do with international or world trade which would be required should your view be of reality rather than your backside.
Now Free Trade causes REAL ESTATE to collapse? BWAAHAHA, is there ANYTHING that bogey man can’t do?????