On Trump Tariffs, Mckinley, and Closing Society, DigressionsImpressions

“Mercantilism is never just about the balance of trade. It’s always and everywhere an attempt to direct state violence against those who wish to shape their own lives unguided by the superior wisdom of the nation, the people, or race. Policing the border means control over romance, marriage, friendship, and gender, that is our most meaningful choices; it is an attempt to control who plays with who and who learns from who. Free trade and free meaningful control over one’s life are the same side of the coin.”