tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post8911273710843125757..comments2024-03-28T13:10:44.555-04:00Comments on Iliocentrism: _One_ benefit of 'free trade'Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-16381047281719612222012-07-08T23:04:09.600-04:002012-07-08T23:04:09.600-04:00Oddly enough, and even though I do my best to igno...<i>Oddly enough, and even though I do my best to ignore him, I have just noticed that the irrational-and-dishonest person posting here has tried to play a “Gotcha” card against me by employing that very lie.</i><br /><br />It's me, dude. You're like me, you have maybe five readers. Why are you always such a melodramatic fop about this kind of crap? ;)<br /><br /><i>Another false claim Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-88446598866880140392012-07-08T21:09:58.779-04:002012-07-08T21:09:58.779-04:00Another false claim about free trade that Vox Day ...Another false claim about free trade that Vox Day knowingly makes (i.e. he spreads a lie) is that free trade and unlimited-and-uncontrolled immigration are the same thing, or that the former implies the latter.<br /><br />Oddly enough, and even though I do my best to ignore him, I have just noticed that the irrational-and-dishonest person posting here has tried to play a “Gotcha” card against me Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-75892293967459247802012-07-05T18:23:44.467-04:002012-07-05T18:23:44.467-04:00It's logically impossible for free trade to be...<i>It's logically impossible for free trade to be any sort of cause of the crushing federal debt which is even now undermining the continued viability of the American polity</i><br /><br />What role do trade deficits play in government debt? Any at all?<br /><br />Also, is giving an example of American Town v American Town protectionism, when your opponent explicitly supports free trade Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-42202933114839337382012-07-05T17:50:31.646-04:002012-07-05T17:50:31.646-04:00Drew: "For someone like Vox who constantly cl...<b>Drew:</b> "<i>For someone like Vox who constantly claims to be smart, his advocacy of protectionism is amusing. And his rationale for it is completely mindless. The main argument I saw him make in one of his recent posts was that free trade causes America's national debt. But that obviously isn't free trade; that is the government, the federal reserve, etc.</i>"<br /><br />Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-64039791664899056472012-07-05T14:25:27.820-04:002012-07-05T14:25:27.820-04:00^ I would prefer that serious commentors ignore th...<i>^ I would prefer that serious commentors ignore the above tendentious, and frankly, intellectually dishonest, "question".</i><br /><br />Perhaps Gentle Reader would like you to explain how my very short, non-loaded question is either tendentious or intellectually dishonest? ;)<br /><br />I'll even give you another: Komen for the Cure ended up siding with Planned Parenthood over aCrudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-58890879433722720092012-07-05T13:43:16.809-04:002012-07-05T13:43:16.809-04:00^ I would prefer that serious commentors ignore th...^ I would prefer that <i>serious</i> commentors ignore the above tendentious, and frankly, intellectually dishonest, "question".Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-14533882125427427652012-07-05T13:17:54.458-04:002012-07-05T13:17:54.458-04:00thus injuring the shoe maker or the grill maker wh...<i>thus injuring the shoe maker or the grill maker who would have sold more of their products if the Jonesville tyrants had not intervened in the ways and places they did.</i><br /><br />If I decide, of my own free will, to only buy American - even if the Chinese are producing the same goods for a cheaper price at times - have I done something immoral?Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-13056125771956646522012-07-05T04:32:00.786-04:002012-07-05T04:32:00.786-04:00Exactly right.
When you are pushed to spend more ...Exactly right.<br /><br />When you are pushed to spend more for widgets than otherwise you would have, you are left with less to buy some other product, which means you might not be able to buy the shoes or the BBQ grill you might have, thus injuring the shoe maker or the grill maker who would have sold more of their products if the Jonesville tyrants had not intervened in the ways and places Dr. Michael Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05013245754748702406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-49019141041858331102012-06-29T10:14:36.776-04:002012-06-29T10:14:36.776-04:00There are two neighboring towns in some county in ...<i>There are two neighboring towns in some county in some US State:</i><br /><br />Vox favors free trade within the US.<br /><br />Try the example again, with Jonesville and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen" rel="nofollow">Shenzhen</a>.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-89386665141584521432012-06-28T00:33:10.265-04:002012-06-28T00:33:10.265-04:00For someone like Vox who constantly claims to be s...For someone like Vox who constantly claims to be smart, his advocacy of protectionism is amusing. And his rationale for it is completely mindless. The main argument I saw him make in one of his recent posts was that free trade causes America's national debt. But that obviously isn't free trade; that is the government, the federal reserve, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com