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Protectionism is not conservatism.

(Nor is what has become fashionable to call globalism").

Populism is not conservatism.

(Nor is rule by elites)

True conservatism has reference to the Constitution and its limitations on government when government intrudes on the marketplace, when government intrudes in international trade on behalf of favored domestic interests, when government represents government by special interests, when government buys votes with other people's money, when government undertakes to distribute wealth, when government sets out to do that which is not constitutionally authorized to do, when government inevitably generates unintended consequences.

Conservatism adheres to these constitutional and philosophical principles rather than whoring after the man on horseback or a white Knight who promises he alone has the insight to make everything nice, or great again if you prefer. We saw the Democrats do that with Barack Obama as they had done it with every candidate since Franklin Roosevelt. We conservatives should not succumb to the same siren.

Protectionism is not conservatism.

Income taxes are progressive and tariffs are conservative. So George Washington and all the founders were wild eyed progressive protectionist liberals... Riiiiitht.

Marx was Free Trader, you are a Free Trader. So are you a Marxist?

You normally have a firm grasp on US history but on this subject you are about as stupid and ignorant as well, a liberal Democrat. It had been discussed many times that tariffs are in the Constitutional and tariffs funded and protected industry for the first 130 years of this nations existence. You are in denial my friend and dangerous.

Conservatism as you defined it is a fringe position held by few Americans and it needs to be relegated to the dustbin of history. Soon hopefully.

Constitution and its limitations on government when government intrudes on the marketplace, when government intrudes in international trade on behalf of favored domestic interests,

Preposterous. The duty of the Federal government is to secure borders and restrict trade when necessary on behalf of the citizens of the USA.