“Last year, a number of FReepers destroyed me when I brought this up, saying it’s “capitalism” and “free market”.”
I think more people are aware now that the difference is not between free trade and destructive tariffs, but between the US getting royally raped under bad agreements, which is what we have now, or the US getting reasonable agreements.
No reason that opening up trade had to mean shipping the nation’s jobs overseas. That and illegal immigration were sellouts for big business contributions.
Or getting raped under reasonable, though not great, agreements that we do not bother to enforce.