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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
If I may, I think Club's difference of opinion originates from his child-like wonder at markets. Unlike you, he doesn't realize that markets wouldn't exist but for the governments that protect them, prescribe their operations, and enforce their rules. To him, free trade preexisted protectionism. Silly, I know, but bear with me.
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And in one fell swoop, you've taken us from libertarianism straight to totalitarianism. I've never fully understood the glib rejoinder "that argument proves too much." Until now.
