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akhilcacharya · 2020-12-08 16:12:48+00:00

Sounds like a defense of protectionism to me.

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2023-09-05 11:05:13

Sounds like a case of protectionism?

aurareturn | karma 2812 | avg karma 2.39 · | 2024-04-23 01:14:58

This just sounds like a bunch of excuses for supporting a protectionist set of policies.

beaconstudios | karma 6875 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2021-02-12 16:45:49+00:00

ah yes, protectionism.

Metrop0218 | karma 284 | avg karma 2.49 · | 2013-08-04 12:14:37+00:00

Yup. That's protectionism for you.

nl | karma 29762 | avg karma 2.49 · | 2020-11-16 05:40:05+00:00

This just seems a naked protectionism argument.

Aperocky | karma 5363 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2022-07-20 10:46:06

So it's basically thinly veiled protectionism.

brownbat | karma 8100 | avg karma 3.79 · | 2018-04-29 22:59:06+00:00

I think you're right that protectionism is not a great analogy here.

mbg721 | karma 2821 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2022-12-30 16:39:17

Well, that's pretty much what the current protectionism is doing.

guelo | karma 25003 | avg karma 4.71 · | 2017-05-16 22:10:21+00:00

Protectionism.

dis-sys | karma 726 | avg karma 0.85 · | 2020-06-30 08:57:32+00:00

protectionism.

nicoburns | karma 22847 | avg karma 3.29 · | 2021-07-01 19:47:54+00:00

Protectionism.

frandroid | karma 4293 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2014-03-26 14:23:02

Protectionism.

boringg | karma 6287 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2024-04-10 16:18:21

US protectionism would like a word with you.

WalterBright | karma 71923 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2023-10-16 14:29:44

Protectionism means you're protecting inefficient industries. In a global marketplace, this means industries in other countries will out-compete yours.

DataWorker | karma 228 | avg karma 0.48 · | 2019-09-23 17:30:14+00:00

Protectionism in other words?

mr_toad | karma 5817 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2019-05-22 12:51:59+00:00

This goes beyond protectionism. It's more like mercantilism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism

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mchaver | karma 566 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2016-07-08 06:17:47

But that is not protectionism.

DaiPlusPlus | karma 8401 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2020-12-13 11:41:41

Like economic protectionism?

avidiax | karma 1787 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2024-05-24 16:37:51

> consuming value to force your people to create less value

That's the "spherical cow on a frictionless plane in a vacuum" of economics.

Protectionism is probably a good idea when the competitor is temporarily subsidizing various industries to build a permanent comparative advantage that can then be abused, either by being an effective monopoly, or by shaping your enemies to be logistically unprepared for war.

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