One way to think about that is to ask what your moral instincts tell you in analogous situations. Suppose, after years of buying shampoo at your local pharmacy, you discover you can order the same shampoo for less money on the Web. Do you have an obligation to compensate your pharmacist? If you move to a cheaper apartment, should you compensate your landlord? When you eat at McDonald’s, should you compensate the owners of the diner next door? Public policy should not be designed to advance moral instincts that we all reject every day of our lives.
Not sure I agree with the policy result -- the idea that your education and experience could suddenly become obsolete because of foreign trade disincentives education, which I'm not sure we want to do. With that said, it's a powerful line of reasoning and one that should be considered carefully by those who want to use force to take my money and give it to people they think deserve it.
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