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Protectionism is a sorta tragedy of the commons type of deal, if everybody did it the advantage it offered would disappear.

by Drakim 10y ago

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- yummyfajitas 10y ago
  What's wrong if black people only pocket black people's money and white people only pocket white people's money? (And of course if anyone chooses to engage with those of the wrong group, violence will be used to stop them.)
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  - akshatpradhan 10y ago
    So is protectionism then the same as racism?
    - yummyfajitas 10y ago
      I simply asked a question. I see nothing in your argument which distinguishes between protectionism motivated by racism and protection motivated by nationalism. What principle do you use to distinguish between them? (Incidentally, if you want my view, it's the following. Racism and patriotism/nationalism is just a feeling and is intrinsically harmless. However they often motivate intrinsically harmful behaviors such as protectionism or other more direct forms of tribal violence.)
- Drakim 10y ago
  I don't want a world where my birthplace decides what news outlets I may read (can't have a non-local news source spill the beans!), what services I can use (use our local email variant, the government has approved it!), what products I may buy (special imported legally at only x20 markup after governmental approval). I see myself as a citizen of the world, and I don't want to be put into a tiny nationalistic box as "my rightful place in life".
  - x5n1 10y ago
    There are many wants such as the want to be able to move to wherever or get a job wherever. The fact is that there are serious impositions of limited mobility on everyone as it is. You can't just become an American citizen because you want that, why should have some sort of birthright to use their products for the benefit of their economy and their country. Does it not make sense to shore up the economic systems of your own country?

Protectionism is a sorta tragedy of the commons type of deal, if everybody did it the advantage it offered would disappear.

by Drakim 10y ago

Protectionism is a sorta tragedy of the commons type of deal, if everybody did it the advantage it offered would disappear.

deleted 10y ago

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yummyfajitas 10y ago
What's wrong if black people only pocket black people's money and white people only pocket white people's money? (And of course if anyone chooses to engage with those of the wrong group, violence will be used to stop them.)
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- akshatpradhan 10y ago
  So is protectionism then the same as racism?
  - yummyfajitas 10y ago
    I simply asked a question. I see nothing in your argument which distinguishes between protectionism motivated by racism and protection motivated by nationalism. What principle do you use to distinguish between them? (Incidentally, if you want my view, it's the following. Racism and patriotism/nationalism is just a feeling and is intrinsically harmless. However they often motivate intrinsically harmful behaviors such as protectionism or other more direct forms of tribal violence.)
Drakim 10y ago
I don't want a world where my birthplace decides what news outlets I may read (can't have a non-local news source spill the beans!), what services I can use (use our local email variant, the government has approved it!), what products I may buy (special imported legally at only x20 markup after governmental approval). I see myself as a citizen of the world, and I don't want to be put into a tiny nationalistic box as "my rightful place in life".
- x5n1 10y ago
  There are many wants such as the want to be able to move to wherever or get a job wherever. The fact is that there are serious impositions of limited mobility on everyone as it is. You can't just become an American citizen because you want that, why should have some sort of birthright to use their products for the benefit of their economy and their country. Does it not make sense to shore up the economic systems of your own country?