The reality is that most trade partners won’t have our exact same ideals. Deciding not to trade with people that don’t match us exactly would mean we trade with basically no one and our countries economic future would be incredibly bleak.
Over time we might be able to have existing trade partners move closer towards our ideals, but even that isn’t incredibly likely. Even our own record for our treatment of the First Nations peoples is abhorrent.
And since the Americans went full fascist, that’s not exactly a better option to Türkiye not respecting LGBTQ+ and women’s rights.
Human beings suck massively in a variety of ways, trade partners will never be perfect.
It’s not even limited to countries. I highly doubt the mechanic changing my oil shares my political views. I’m not there to be buds, I’m there to change my oil.
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The reality is that most trade partners won’t have our exact same ideals. Deciding not to trade with people that don’t match us exactly would mean we trade with basically no one and our countries economic future would be incredibly bleak.
Over time we might be able to have existing trade partners move closer towards our ideals, but even that isn’t incredibly likely. Even our own record for our treatment of the First Nations peoples is abhorrent.
And since the Americans went full fascist, that’s not exactly a better option to Türkiye not respecting LGBTQ+ and women’s rights.
Human beings suck massively in a variety of ways, trade partners will never be perfect.
It’s not even limited to countries. I highly doubt the mechanic changing my oil shares my political views. I’m not there to be buds, I’m there to change my oil.