The left critiques of nafta come from workerist social democrats. Marxists recognize that trade is not the problem, capitalism is the problem. And you can't have "good capitalism" through autarky.
This deal is as much about the rise of the PRC geopolitically as it is about the specifics of the trade agreement. The US has been trying to use multilateral trade agreements to isolate the PRC diplomatically and economically. The signing of this deal is a sign that the signitories recognize the rise of China and are at least hedging their bets that the US will be able to counter China's rise.
Marxists recognize that trade is not the problem, capitalism is the problem.
Trade is not possible without commodity production and private property. Both of these things feed into capitalism. Trade deals are not socialist at all really.
The point was that there isn't a good version of protectionist capitalism, that's often favored by trade unions and workerist socdems like Bernie. Capitalism itself is the problem. The commodity form is the problem.
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The left critiques of nafta come from workerist social democrats. Marxists recognize that trade is not the problem, capitalism is the problem. And you can't have "good capitalism" through autarky.
This deal is as much about the rise of the PRC geopolitically as it is about the specifics of the trade agreement. The US has been trying to use multilateral trade agreements to isolate the PRC diplomatically and economically. The signing of this deal is a sign that the signitories recognize the rise of China and are at least hedging their bets that the US will be able to counter China's rise.
Trade is not possible without commodity production and private property. Both of these things feed into capitalism. Trade deals are not socialist at all really.
No theyre not socialist. Didn't say that lol.
The point was that there isn't a good version of protectionist capitalism, that's often favored by trade unions and workerist socdems like Bernie. Capitalism itself is the problem. The commodity form is the problem.
All trade is bad therefore fuck Mexican farmers am I right?