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Precisely. Henry C. Carey, Abraham Lincoln's chief economic adviser, would say that the article's platitudes about "interdependence" miss the fundamental issue - it's not interdependence itself but the _type_ of interdependence that matters. Carey's economic nationalism recognized that exporting raw materials only to import finished goods creates colonial-style dependency, not prosperity. Carey's "harmony of interests" demanded domestic manufacturing capabilities that transform local resources into higher-value products, creating what he called "association" between producers and consumers within the same economic sphere. When we outsource manufacturing to non-democratic nations with concentrated labor power, we're not creating mutual benefit but establishing extractive relationships that hollow out our productive capacity. True economic resilience comes from rebuilding local manufacturing prowess that completes the production cycle domestically - something the globalist narrative conveniently ignores while democratic nations gradually surrender their self-sufficiency in the name of "efficiency." Carey's approach would actually transcend zero-sum thinking by creating genuine wealth through productive transformation rather than mere exchange, in turn unlocking fresh potential for growth, when nations develop their complete productive capacities instead of competing for shares of existing production.