7. You *notice* it when tariffs go up. My landlord is going out of business because of tariffs. An important deal for my company fell through because of the tariffs. We *feel* that shit. Now, that's not an argument that tariffs are *net* bad, but a lot of people forget.
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18. I *know* the other perspective that this is wrecking traditional cultures. I see that other perspective *constantly.* I'm conflicted about it; it still causes me pain. I'm just laying out that there's something lovely about Western-universalist liberalism.
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19. But, ok, the international order is crumbling. Do I like what's filling the vacuum? I do not. Is Putin's Russia a nice place to live? Xi's China? Orban's Hungary? Modi's India? aaaaaa. I'm not sure what to think exactly but I think "aaaaaa" is justified.
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It's a non-Malthusian-environment thing. I think what counts as virtuous in this matter can be determined from the characteristics of the food production curve as a function of labour and land (the isoquant). Three extremal examples:
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1) "Cursed paradise". Diseases limit population density, not lack of food. Relatively little work can feed everyone. Hoe agriculture. Single motherhood is viable as a reproductive strategy; serial monogamy or polygyny. Reproduction starts early.
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