Chris, Now I understand.
You have simply adopted the language of the coercers. You are converted to their way of thinking. You might begin the road back by taking the capitals off free trade, which phrase simply describes how people have been voluntarily exchanging since the dawn of history. On the other hand Protection with a capital P (which you support) is a coercive political policy designed to protect the privileged at the expense of the people. That's Lesson One. Wasn't too difficult was it? Harry ******************************* Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] introducing Free Trade at Gunpoint > (how else?) > > Harry Pollard wrote: > > [empty polemics clipped] > > Free trade means the absence of government coercion. > > > > Thus, you list government coercion and call it free trade. > > > > [empty polemics clipped] > > Actually, what happens in Iraq is corporate coercion using a > government as > its lackey (after all, Cheney and Bush are acting on behalf of the oil > and > armaments industry), and the coercers themselves call the result > Free Trade. > You should understand this before lecturing about common sense > vs. propaganda. > > Chris > > > __________________________________________________________ > ____________ > "The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden > fist. > McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the > designer > of the U.S. Air Force F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world > safe for Silicon Valley's technologies to flourish is called the U.S. > Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps." -- Thomas Friedman, > NYT > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
