So, two things I really value are free trade and open immigration. On reflection, weirdly, it's somewhat easier to make the open borders case to people, even though it's less popular overall. Why? Because to make a case for free trade, you have to argue the period from the mid 70s to Trump, where trade was getting more and more free, was broadly a good time. But that's not people's intuition, and in my experience, people don't usually accept macro stats.
(possibly this is specific to my bubble)
I think you can make a strong case that politics is very frightening right now, and could get much worse very quickly, but it's hard to argue the world got economically worse during that period.
Part of why the case is also hard, btw, when you're talking to more right-wing people, is a very strong moral argument is to says "a billion Chinese people came out of poverty." Obviously doesn't work for everyone.
@ZachWeinersmith
Zach is right, and you also highlighted why it's a difficult argument: many want the argument to be that it's Chinese planning that caused the success. But in fact, Chinese planning causes much imbalance, waste and global issues, whereas the positive forces were trade and freer economy.
Zach Weinersmith
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