I once had an angry argument on reddit about the whole &quot;globalization is reducing world poverty&quot; thing.<p>I find this argument to be a very weird one. How can you compromise your own citizens for the sake of other countries, while you obviously have no power over their course in history? What sort of government compromises the well-being of its citizens and the health of its economy for the benefit of other countries ? Since when does international trade regulations involve plain altruism and sacrificing your own?<p>What shocks is how you can still find many videos of Milton Friedman defending free trade, but to that point it almost sound like propaganda. I vividly remember that video when he went into a big asian city while praising the free market.<p>For example, seeing how much electronics are built in China, what is preventing the Chinese government to put heavy tariffs on those exports? I guess China doesn&#x27;t have a monopoly on electronics, but I&#x27;m still a little curious.