It's an extremely new idea to argue that restricting or stopping the imports of some good is "unfair", only becoming part of the dialog once the idea of a globa

It's an extremely new idea to argue that restricting or stopping the imports of some good is "unfair", only becoming part of the dialog once the idea of a global economy in perpetual harmony supplants the idea of national sovereinty and strategic interest. But the intellectual tide is turning back against globalization and tension among major world powers is returning after the long quiet following the collapse of the USSR. Even if you think this is unfair, you should be ready to see it happen here and in many other places. That's the way the pendulum is swinging and it's got way more momentum behind it than a few online arguments can resist. If the anti-globalization movements, protests, and violence of the 1990's couldn't stop the west from swinging towards globalization, and the anti-war movements, protests, and violence of the 1960's couldn't stop Cold War entrenchment and polarization, we're probably not going to be able to stop whatever's happening now -- and if we are, we'll need much more developed arguments than "but that's not fair!"