@LOTRLOVERRRR You didn't answer my question, I take it you've created zero jobs, he's paid more tax than you will in your entire life, given more to charity than you ever will. If he's a 'waste of space' then our minds have been corrupted.
@Heccles94 But you financially support the guy who you say doesn't deserve it. It's backwards. I think many socialists are secretly narcissistic, they just cannot stand to see others succeed
@Daniggg1@Heccles94 If comparative advantage is wrong because England got richer than Portugal, then why did resource poor countries like Japan, Singapore, and South Korea become rich while many resource rich countries stayed poor? You're treating wealth as extraction.
@Daniggg1@Heccles94 You're confusing "trade can be abused" with "trade can't benefit both sides." Portugal's colonial wealth, slavery, and bad policies don't refute comparative advantage any more than corruption refutes democracy. The existence of exploitation doesn't prove gains is exploitation.