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In the code of the GOP, "free trade" means, more or less "screw everyone else for the benefit of transnational corporations that will give big to my next campaign"
Anyone who thinks otherwise is criminally naive.
You skirt the edge of the event horizon of The Black Hole of Protectionism. There MUST be some sort of Benevolent Free Trade. You know darn well that protectionism will lead to tragedy.
What is the transcendant new-age solution???
Just about every rich country built up their own industrial base behind high protectionist walls. No tragedy there.
Leonard must have been living under a rock. He hasn't ever downloaded a song, huh? Sounds like he didn't inhale, either.