Chris, I cannot believe what you said.
>> HARRY: 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. >CHRIS: No, it's a collectively controlled policy designed to protect >the people and the commons from big bullies. I must conclude that history textbooks just haven't reached your pleasant little outpost of Europe. 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 12:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] introducing Free Trade at Gunpoint > (how else?) > > 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 _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
