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No, it does. Manufactured goods are not "resources". Those are made for selling, and in modern world markets for goods are considered more of a gift than goods
by doombolt 8y ago
No, it does. Manufactured goods are not "resources". Those are made for selling, and in modern world markets for goods are considered more of a gift than goods themselves.
Are they not? Does USA drain resources from China?
- consumer451 8y agoWith all due respect, the comparison between the relations of USA/China and Russia/Poland for example does pass the sniff test. The USA did not appoint the Chinese government, the USA does not have its military across China. USSR/satellite state relationships were nothing like a normal economic relationship. They were more like colonial era relations such as England/India prior to Indian independence.
- doombolt 8y agoUnfortunally we have diverged from economic arguments to purely political ones. And politically, you've got what you've got, especially as a small country. Things could go massively worse. The USSR had complete freedom of action and it was pretty benign for several reasons. Maybe you have feeling that it sucked big time, but the reference point should be 1984 in real life.
- consumer451 8y agoFrom my last comment: > USSR/satellite state relationships were nothing like a normal economic relationship. How am I bringing up politics? From your last reply: >The USSR had complete freedom of action and it was pretty benign for several reasons. Maybe you have feeling that it sucked big time, but the reference point should be 1984 in real life. I don't understand what you are saying here in any way. But, relating the USSR to "benign" is so far from the historic truth that I have no idea how to respond. This conversation is likely no longer appropriate for HN, so have a nice day comrade?
- doombolt 8y ago"were nothing like a normal economic relationship" is not a very substantive claim.