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[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Despite what people say, imports aren't necessarily a bad thing. I mean it's literally stuff that's coming into a country that the people of that country now have. Having more stuff is good. Having less stuff is bad.

Trade means the people that can most efficiently produce a certain good in a country most efficiently do that while the people in your country who can most efficiently produce another kind of good do that. Russia having to produce all their goods locally is an economic inefficiency.

And yes, that economic inefficiency means more jobs for Russians. And that's great! I want Russians to be working in jobs to supply their McDonald's substitute instead of working on a factory line making tanks.

this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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