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Blood diamonds are illegal to trade, meaning that they are not an example of free trade.
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Oh but they are a great example of free trade. Free trade has no regulations.Originally posted by Aeson View PostFor there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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Corporate colonialism relies on trade restrictions to protect the colonizer from competition. Not quite as opposite as blood diamond, but close.Originally posted by Giancarlo View PostComment
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No, they are an example of illegal trade.Originally posted by Giancarlo View Post
Free trade isn't mutually exclusive with regulations.Comment
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Free trade is without any regulation.Originally posted by Aeson View Post
This is so funny you guys are now splitting hairs. I have had my fun today.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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if by "splitting hairs" you mean using the actual definition of free trade, then yes.Comment
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But free trade is a euphemism. It isn't what you think it is. And no, the actual definition is corporate colonialism.Originally posted by Aeson View PostFor there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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So that's it? That's your definition of Free trade?Originally posted by Giancarlo View Post
I guess I can understand now why it's difficult to be having a conversation on free trade when that is your only definition.Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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Here is another one: Free trade is where companies (usually MNCs) go to other lands, strip the land of all material wealth and give little to no benefit to the poor or anyone living in the area. Here is a key example of this: The Niger Delta. Shell. Shell basically went in there and fleeced the land of petroleum. They never gave back to the locals and didn't even bother to help in improving infrastructure. Now the entire region is seeing serious unrest all because of...Originally posted by Ming View Post
FREE TRADE.
Free trade causes civil wars and unrest because the locals never see any benefit from it.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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That's not a definition...Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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Yes it is.Originally posted by Ming View Post
Here it is in more simple terms:
Resource stealing and not helping anyone in the local area.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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That's not a definition either.Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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Oh yes it is.
Free trade = resource stealing.
Yup. A definition!For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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