>>> And Free Trade != Trade, "free trade" does not invent trade, trade 
>>> exists long before that and before market economy.
>> Not true, free trade is the original kind of trade. What kind of trade 
>> barriers existed in primitive societies?
>
> Too many: slavery, landlord exploitation, tribal restriction, tribal bias, 
> gate-fee, gate-control, control of transportation vehicles, corruptions, 
> permits (they have permits), family-biased activities, etc.

Guys, I give up.

I mean, what was I thinking? Of course cavemen *hated* trade, and they 
imposed all sorts of prehistoric tariffs! The gate and transportation 
vehicles were invented by rich cavemen to facilitate slavery and corruption. 
It was their descendants who later also developed gun and cannon.

Free trade is a conspiracy by the United States, a big lie created with the 
express purpose of exploiting poor developing countries and screwing New 
Zealand. It must be true, because the majority of the people, and even the 
canny Swiss (!) are against free trade.

The five (some argue four -- China doesn't count) Asian tigers are bluffing, 
as are a dozen of other countries! Their strong, stable and growing 
economies are a fake! Rumor has it, the US is secretly paying the tigers to 
pretend that they have high living standards, so that free trade evangelists 
(who have been blinded by the idea that free trade is great) can use them to 
deceive unsuspecting developing nations. I mean, why else would Japanese 
houses be made of paper?! They're stage props!

Sometimes a little bit of free trade is okay (sort of like icing on the 
cake), but too much free trade is a BAD THING (because it is a bad thing 
when you have too much free trade). I mean, it's OK to allow some free trade 
because it can be good sometimes, but not too much. There might be 
detrimental effects.

Free trade is definitely not the solution to world's corruption, inequality, 
and poverty. I don't know what is, but free trade is *definitely* not it. 
Trade restrictions are not better than free trade in this regard. But that 
can sometimes be the case.

Free trade was a religion to me, unprovable and requiring no proof. But your 
irrefutable logic finally convinced me of its falsehood. I see the light 
now.

Repent, o ye believers in the virtues of free trade! A day of reckoning is 
coming!

- Vitaliy

PS You guys have a nice weekend. :-) 

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