I don't think so. Others are subsidizing the inefficiency of sending something over from the other side of the world instead of using a local seller. That's the

I don't think so. Others are subsidizing the inefficiency of sending something over from the other side of the world instead of using a local seller. That's the opposite of the broken window fallacy. Like breaking windows, subsidizing the international postal service is the economic harm. Take that subsidy away. If the intermediate seller can still survive, then he is still providing some economic benefit.