Message from @Green Syndicalism
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trump may actually be a step in the right direction
he's bringing trade as a topic back into the fore
maybe people will go and study it more
but trump's policies themselves are mostly harmful
so maybe it just sets us back as people go "see trump's policies triggered a recession!"
"free trade gooddddddd"
"tariff bad"
"free trade gooood, tariff baaad"
like zombies with guts full of jonestown koolaid
The result of a lack of care
Well, in the opposite I mean.
and hence a laziness to do any research
Well it is so much easier to hear someone else say it. Now we have people living vicariously through "smart people" like the jewish fellow.
the number of times i bring this protectionist argument forward
and then someone goes "yea but economists sayz dat you wrong"
*yea economists are mostly delusion*
"but bro, i dun no wat 2 say 2 u, they r pros bro"
Its so upsetting.
Its like being locked in bullet proof glass
The world moving around you and you can't do anything
koch bros donate money to free trade advocates
Oh I do love those
people who teach and preach free trade
Wait, what is the effect of that?
What is the goal or intention
to popularise free trade in both educational institutions (like colleges) and in the public eye
the name even sounds great right
"why would you be against FREE trade?"
are you anti FREEDOM???
the koch bros import and export a bunch of products
so they want trade barriers to be lower so that more people buy their stuff, and they can sell more of their stuff
also theyre ideological libertarians
who believe we should do literally whatever we want without much, if any, government interference
and that includes economic decisions
Free trade is good to an extent though right? Just in a well regulated example
In moderation basically
free trade for industries you have no interest in protecting is good
or you simply want cheaper prices for other reasons
like steel say
steel is an input in dozens of other industries