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To: wesdale
Protectionism is Marxist Policy??

Where did you hear tha whopper? We were protectionist for 2 centuries in this country!!

"But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade." ~ Karl Marx, On the Question of Free Trade, January 9, 1848 http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/01/09ft.htm#marx

"Communists and socialists feel sure that setting up international “free” trade systems which impose regulations chuck full of intrigues, redistribution plans, arbitrary law, and interdependence schemes, will win out against the conservative interests of every free nation. What could be better than to use “free” trade to reverse the advantage of the relatively free, moral, prosperous, and strong nations of the Earth, so that the tyrannical, amoral, poor, and weak nations of the socialist bloc might get the upper hand? What could be a more cunning approach than to market the idea that those who oppose “free” trade are enemies of freedom?" http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=2000/6/27/105655

388 posted on 07/31/2003 2:06:02 PM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon
You realize Reagan was a big fan of free trade. You realize 99.9% of capitalist economists believe in free trade. You realize the father of capitalism Adam Smith believed in free trade. Guess where the word Capitalism came from, Marx. So should we stop using the word capitalism?
400 posted on 07/31/2003 2:10:56 PM PDT by luckydevi
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