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WisestGuru93 -3 points ago +1 / -4

Trump owns property outside the USA. Should those countries confiscate it? Should Melania's properties be confiscated as well. At this point I would call this radical nationalism. If you look at this proposal from the govenrment vs free market point of view, im sure you would notice you are asking for more government and less freedom.

You would be taking the freedoms of Americans to diversify and not depend on 1 economy. You would be taking the whole worlds freedom to do that. For what benefit?

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MAGA4Ever 2 points ago +2 / -0

What clown rhetoric do you keep saying? I want US citizens to get the benefit of America. US citizens get our free market, non-citizens don’t get to partake.

You realize other countries already do this right now?

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WisestGuru93 1 point ago +1 / -0

First thats not true. American investors own busineses and properties all over the world too. Look up ray Dalio, 25th richest man in the USA is praised in China as an investment guru.

Second wouldnt the benefit of the US citizenship be selling to foreigners that can pay the American higher prices? How would the government limiting the number of buyers help the sellers in any way?

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WhateverNecessary 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes, but none of those countries are going to do that because they're the ones who benefit from our richer economy investing in them in the first place, so what's the point of that question?

Fuck your global free market. Yes I'm asking for more government, just like I'm asking for more government when I say I want our borders enforced and every illegal alien booted from the country.

The benefit of preventing communist faggots from buying up our economy is that we keep our economy out the hands of communist faggots. Not allowing the whole world to mooch off us also means us not being fused with economies we have far less control over. You don't want to "depend on one economy" but you also don't want countries to have actual, independent economies?

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WisestGuru93 1 point ago +1 / -0

OK so with that logic, should the government also ban Americans from buying foreign products? No more Ferraris, tequila, etc.

In Economics 101 they teach the concept of "competitive advantage". Simply put, some countries are better at some things than others. To say that America is #1 is one thing. To say America is #1 in everything so we should ban business with other countries is going too far. Whether you realize it or not, you would hurt the people you're trying to help, much like the minimum wage.

"Government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem." - P. Ronald Reagan

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WhateverNecessary 1 point ago +1 / -0

"With that logic", then asks a question that doesn't logically connect in the slightest. I'd be cool with banning tequila until Mexico stops being a shithole, though.

I love how far you're moving the goalposts to take the heat off the globalist bullshit you were originally defending.

"Why should we stop malicious Chinese commies from buying up our industries?"

"Why would you want China to stop welcoming our investments in their country and siphoning even more wealth from our economy?"

"Why should we ban business with other countries?"

Yes, by the way, it IS better that we prefer our own industry in all possible areas, even above countries that are more efficient, rather than staying mediocre and leaning on those other countries in perpetuity. The comparative advantage, which I'm guessing you meant, should be exploited when it serves as a means to further increasing American autonomy. I don't give a shit about your international corporation's profits. And no, I don't give a shit about Trump's either. I care about what he does for America.

Reagan was an impotent limp-wrist who gave California back to Mexico. I'll stick with the people who created our country.

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WisestGuru93 1 point ago +1 / -0

You are confusing two terms. Global government =/= free markets. Your idea is simply impossible to implement without hurting Americans.

Just to name 1 of thousands of points I could make. Lets say an American couple is expatriated to an of shore oil project in Singapore temporarily. They buy a house while they are there and have a baby. The baby is American and also Singapore citizen. You can see why this family wants to own a house is both countries, right?

On the other side of the coin, lets say that Space Force wants to recruit a genius physicist that just developed a new theory about missile acceleration. You think he would move to the US if he couldnt own property? The US would just be putting a limit on themselves.

The free market knows better and more freedom usually benefits all.

Now look at how your points contradict each other:

If China buys stuff here, the communists are taking over.

If Americans buy in China, we are letting them "siphone" our wealth...

So wouldnt that mean when China buys here, we are siphoning their wealth?

Im just a bit disappointed to see a fellow pede demand government actions instead of free market.