Harry Pollard wrote: > >> 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.
Talking about history textbooks: Compare this oh-so-"Protectionist" "pleasant little outpost of Europe" with countries that come closest(*) to the "Free Market", and you'll see which one better protects the people and the commons from big bullies. Hint: There are no foodbanks (necessary) here, nobody is freezing to death because he can't pay the heating and nobody dies of appendicitis because he can't afford health insurance -- in contrast to just a few examples from the great Free Market. (*) Of course you'll cop out with the old excuse that no country yet has introduced a 100% Free Market, but anyone can see which ones come closest, and the trends that accompany markets becoming less "protectionist". Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
