Message from @campodin
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I will make sure to drink 1 beer every day, since it's being discussed
I turn 19 soon.
I drink white wine regularly but not in large amounts.
@Deleted User This shiksah rivals your intelligence and is at a younger age
Only wisdom comes from age.
ha.
hardly comes close
i have too much going on to engage with the full depth of my intellect
It seems like you spend an inordinate amount of time defending your ego.
please
my PhD speaks for itself
Must not speak for much if you support protectionism.
What a joke.
What's wrong with protectionism
I'm wholly convinced you are a pathological liar.
Someone inform me
Protectionism is a net material negative.
It's taxing cheaper goods. You subsidize uncompetitive industries with consumer dollars.
Economically, protectionism doesn't work.
From an economic standpoint it's laughable.
It doesn't make sense for most countries.
Like not even China could get away with it. They rely on North Korean coal.
I like trump using it as a bully stick
Most countries even if they have an abundance of raw resources don't have everything and still need to import luxury goods.
Coffee and chocolate are good examples.
Russia and America are the only examples I can think of that could get away with protectionism but the actual utility of it would be zilch.
Autarky doesn't seem to work for countries that aren't massive in size.
America especially because it's so connected to the world economy.
Following the same train of thought, it makes sense protectionism wouldn't work either
Trump is leveraging the economy to get fair trade as he calls it. He's not even a staunch protectionist.
Like with the EU, revising post-WWII era trade deals that were meant to benefit Europe and get them back on their feet.
Putting us on equal footing is what he regarded as fair trade.
The only fair trade is free trade
He's a bad diplomat though. He wants to handle everything.
Oh my fucking G-d
it depends on the economy
France has benefited for decades from protectionism
everything is black and white to you
no nuance
typical Catholic mush-brains