[aspasia]

I smell the musty ghost of Karl wafting in.

Maybe we can put him to the test: does the profit motive redeem itself of the charge of exploitation if it rejects the priority of a nation's federalism?

[central_va]

Karl Marx was a proponent of Free Trade:

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 1848

So modern day Free Traitors™ have a lot in common with Karl Marx....