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It’s also a national security argument. Not just in terms of military defense but also political/trade relations.

Entirely outsourcing all critical goods and services is foolish. Who wants to be vulnerable to the whims of other countries?

Resistance to free market economics is not necessarily Marxist. Old-fashioned one-nation conservatives also find offshoring of this sort objectionable. If you consider the job of the state to be to cultivate a stable, cohesive society, you're going to favour regulation of actions that undermine that objective, including business strategies that erode the local skill base and economy.

But, that's not free market economics then.

Yes, that's what he said.

It also shows that the median HN member is extremely racist against indians and believes in the great replacement!

In general, it's the classic mistake of blaming people for societal-scale events instead of systems.