{snicker} Let me see, one misguided communist (Marx) says that “free trade is destructive”, and that’s your argument against me and free trade? ROTFLMAO (Rolling on the floor laughing my a~s off) Thank you for may best laugh of the week.
Regarding the North and the South, there were no tariffs between them. The North enveloped the South economically. Why is that? Come on guy. How’d it happen? Don’t change the subject. How’d the North manage to survive wage inequality and blow the South away economical and militarily?
Go ahead, side with Marx, and call me un-American.
As I have repeatedly pointed out which quotes and sources you are the Marxist, I am the conservative. Karl Marx, as I have repeatedly pointed out with quotes and sources, was a free trader. And Oh bye the way, the reason people are called Marxist is because of Karl Marx who is not just "one misguided communist", but the principle person responsible for the development of Marxistism/communist.
You really do need to study up if you intend to debate me without making a complete fool of yourself in front of the thousands of readers of this site.
I am not at all surprised you find all this funny. I have the feeling you are a teenage girl. But that's OK, someone has to educate you and it looks like that job has fallen upon me.
I tire of having to constantly repeat myself for your benefit, one more time and this is the last time so pay attention.
I have already explained that to you, but you refuse to listen, one more time, the northern workers DID NOT COMPETE with the slave labor of the south. The north had a moral objection to slaves and slave labor so the north refused to use it. And prospered BECAUSE they used high cost labor to produce high costs goods behind a wall of revenue tariffs that protected their economic system. Got it now?