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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (26340)	6/3/2002 12:35:28 AM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

>> The move started earlier then that, and was a great force at increasing British prosperity << it is commonly accepted that the free trade era in britain began with the repeal of the corn laws in 1846. great britain rose to prominence under protectionism--mercantilism. >> The British empire fell because of nationalist thoughts among the non British members of the empire and because of the world wars. << i'll agree with the second part. the world wars were a major factor. free trade led to british imperial overstretch which ultimately left them open to war. one of the reasons the germans attacked was because they thought they could use their subs to interrupt food shipments and starve england into submission. if england had not abandoned growing its own food and had been more self-sufficient the germans probably would not have attacked. >> No major push << no major push toward world government? do you live in a cave? or do you just get your info spoonfed to you from the network news? this is the problem with all the so-called conservatives you neo-conservatives listen to. they are so busy distracting your attention with trivial matters that you don't even notice the marxist drive to one-world government. >> Not against it, but I see problems with it. I'd rather have free trade with less bureaucracy << that's what you free traders don't seem to grasp. so-called free-trade is not free. there will never be free trade as you would like it, just as there will never be peace. marxism sounds just dandy on paper, but look at the results of its implementation, not the intentions. look at the results of so-called "free trade", not liberal utopian good intentions.