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Surely there are no advanced economies without rich natural resources. Oh wait. There's South Korea and Singapore who are some the most capitalist countries on Earth.

I'm also questioning your belief that being protectionist wouldn't hurt our standard of living. Do you know the T-shirt you're wearing cost a lot more if it was made in the USA?

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No. I'm saying that the United States is so stupidly resource rich that we could get a lot of things wrong and still be fabulously wealthy.

I don't think you're wrong by any stretch--market economics are a great idea--but you've got to present better reasoning for anyone to care.

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