“Free trade” means letting everyone do what they’re best at and then exchange the goods they produce

If that were the case there would not be Plaza accords, dismemberment of Angstrom and the absolute annihilation of industry in the post-soviet states. “Free trade” is and always has been a fanciful banner for wealth extraction

Sorry for being that guy, but I’m pretty sure people didn’t endeavour to explore new lands out of comfort, but because present conditions pressured them to