• Alphane Moon@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    I think US consumers will manage. As non-American I find it strange that so few Americans seem to recognize that trade isn’t going to magically make the world a peaceful united place.

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      5 months ago

      It’s all free market until they can no longer compete. Then it’s time to get down and play dirty.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      The point is that, when trade has the potential to make the world a peaceful united place, capital and its state will violently intervene to extract a “profit” instead.