Ricardo himself was the first to recognize that comparative advantage is a domain-specific theory, meaning that it applies only when certain conditions are met. Ricardo noted that the theory applies only in situations where capital is immobile. Regarding his famous example, he wrote:"it would undoubtedly be advantageous to the capitalists consumers of England… the wine and cloth should both be made in Portugal [and that the capital and labour of England employed in making cloth should be removed to Portugal for that purpose."Ricardo recognized that applying his theory in situations where capital was mobile would result in offshoring, and thereby economic decline and job loss. To correct for this, he argued that (i) "most men of property be satisfied with a low rate of profits in their own country, rather than seek a more advantageous employment for their wealth in foreign nations," and (ii) capital was functionally immobile.