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To: oblomov
But Marx was in favor of free trade....

Free trade destroys our infrastructure and social structure of work and wealth creation and hastens the revolution. Marx was definitely a free trader.

507 posted on 01/20/2015 6:47:11 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Yes, and conservatives are stupid to support free trade uncritically.

Note: I am not in favor of “fair trade” or other subsidies to unions or US corporations.


545 posted on 01/20/2015 6:51:16 PM PST by oblomov (White privilege: the contemporary left's way of saying "the Jews".)
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“...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, 1884


685 posted on 01/20/2015 7:03:16 PM PST by oblomov (White privilege: the contemporary left's way of saying "the Jews".)
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