Harry Pollard wrote: > 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.
Maybe you should sue the coercers for trademark infringement: "Free Trade(TM) is a trademark of Georgists." Of course you assert that the Real(TM) Free Trade(TM) is wonderful and only the evil implementation by the coercers is bad, like any zealot of failed ideologies will assert that what failed was not the real thing but only a bad implementation of it. But at the end of the day (i.e. at the bottom of the rat-race), what you call real free trade would end up just the same -- with the biggest bully coercing everyone else at their peril, and insanities like exporting food from starving regions to obese regions. That's why it's necessary to put collective checks and balances in place -- what you would call "barriers to trade". > 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. No, it's a collectively controlled policy designed to protect the people and the commons from big bullies. Chris > That's Lesson One. Wasn't too difficult was it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
