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Since I don’t read Karl Marx you must excuse me from not being able to identify an obscure reference likely made to describe the mercantilism trade of the time so many years ago. The trade of those days is not that of today. The reference is not only dated but irrelevant to the present

I have no desire or need to move to China. Not living under a rock, I can observe the irreversible change that is happening. That includes the apparent fact that the young Chinese seem to prefer the good life to the austerity of Gray Mao. Although they are not in political control, the change they have wrought is truly remarkable. That is also true of young people in other parts of Asia and the Pacific rim. It is also true of Brazil.

You also never seem to get the fact that the people of the world have ambitions to raise themselves up and work to prosper. Those young people are a primary driving force beyond the change.

And then there is WWII. You assume the trade and manufacturing prominence resulting from WWII was a permanent status quo. It is quite foolish to believe that the position of a mere 50 years would be sustainable for ever. The damage wrought ot the world economies was repaired and they have now come on line. America still holds a great advantage but that doesn’t mean total freedom from competition.

That means, the status quo, the condition you stake all your statements on, was merely temporary. That temporary condition of total trade dominance is over. To emphasize that thought again, what you promote was a temporary condition, a mere blip on the curve of world history.