brockm on Nostr: I must confess, if you asked me twenty years ago, if I thought admitting China in the ...

I must confess, if you asked me twenty years ago, if I thought admitting China in the WTO and deepening economic ties was a good idea, I would have enthusiastically argued yes. I was one of the naive people who thought freer markets would lead to freer people. I no longer believe this, and I now understand just how dangerous that thinking can be.