rauhan tuomisesta Israelin ja Arabien vlilleTuohon nyt ei usko kukaan ennen kuin se tapahtuu . <| sep |> Why are the people in Detroit more deserving than that unknown other person ? Because the conservative is supposed to conserve something that already works , like a functional community in Detroit , as opposed to letting it go to shit while hoping someone somewhere else is made better off . Conservative policy is supposed to prefer the known goods over the unknown but risky even betters . The free trade response is that the people on the other side of the border aren ' t altruists . They ' ll only export cars to another country if they ' re getting something in return . This is highly complicated these days . I suppose in a world without trade deficits , fiat currencies etc . it would be simple , it would be a cough up gold or valuable exports right now or no imports for you type of deal . But in th real world ? I must admit I don ' t know exactly it works and I think neither does Pournelle , it is clear they are getting dollars , it is less clear what they are spending that on . Currently not spending it , that is what trade deficit , trade surplus means . Maybe they will just buy up real estate , and corporations in the US or EU wholesale at some point in the future , and that again could be easily dangerous , sort of a Palestine type setup . I am just thinking aloud , no evidence , but if I was a nationalist government , like Beijing , and have a huge export surplus , at some point I buy up the key industries of other nations and use it for political blackmail . That is feasible , not ? Like how Bill Gates tried blackmailing Denmark by threatening to fire the 800 MS Dynamics employees there , of course nobody took that seriously because Dynamics is going well and a businessman would not cripple that . But a nationalist government abroad may .