Your argument is more bothersome.
I don’t buy any iCrap stuff.
And explain to me, why I should give two shits about lifting millions in China out of poverty, or explain why you give a shit. Why is that even a consideration?
Our government is controlled by traitors like Hillary, who have no problem selling us out.
They don’t advocate TRUE, pure free trade. The advantages of your “free trade” theories disintegrate when they are not truly employed. The crony capitalists running our economy are disingenuous negotiators on behalf of America’s trade interests.
Why I have to explain this to you is beyond me. It is like me having to explain to Bernie Sanders supporters that it isn’t CAPITALISM that is evil, it is CRONY CAPITALISM that is evil.
If you deviate from the theory, change the parameters too much, then you will deviate from the benefits that theory would bring. (assuming the theory is correct)
The quadratic equation, for example, works well until you get to something where b^2 - 4ac is a negative number.
Why should you care about millions of Chinese being lifted out of poverty?
The higher the purchasing power they have, the more of a market our goods have.
If you have nothing but poor broke people around the world, we have no markets to sell into.