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eru on May 25, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: 300k airplanes in five years

If restrictions to trade are so great, why do nations inevitably try to blockade each others ports in a war? Shouldn't that just help the other guy's economy prosper?

schmidtleonard on May 25, 2024 [–]

If a massage is so great, why not crush your torso in a hydraulic press? Shouldn't that just be a better massage?

eru on May 26, 2024 | [–]

I interpret your quip as saying that you approve of carefully measured and dosed protectionism?

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