You can't call something "free trade" if slave labor is involved in any way.

[Hello_Kitty]

That is all.

[Hello_Kitty]

1. This got unrecced. Guess we have some slavery fans here.

:shrug:

[HughBeaumont]

3. Yes we do.

I can name them. All I have to do is consult my RedX Toilet List.

[Lyric]

6. Well we certainly have some resentful people who don't WANT to think about the real cost

of their iPhones, designer clothes, and plasma TVs.

[Greyhound]

10. Way more than one would expect on a "Democratic" board. K&R.

[whathehell]

12. K & R.......Free trade ain't "free" that's for sure. n/t

[villager]

2. Well, hell, these same people call a plutocracy a "democracy,"

...so I wouldn't put any other kind of Newspeak past 'em....

[dipsydoodle]

4. Can you quote any examples where slave labour is involved ?

Your concept of free trade in the USA may differ from ours in the UK.

Some details here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fairtrade_Foundation

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Free trade and fair trade are two very different things.

Free trade is the corporatist policy that fair trade is meant to address.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Well said. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

8. +100

[maryf]

9. K&Rnt

[Curmudgeoness]

11. Slave labor sounds free to me. Free labor, that is.

But who cares, "free trade" is a corporatist's concoction. Just like selling us "global economy". It is really only good for them if we believe it. The only thing that matters to me is "fair trade".

[Starry Messenger]

13. kick.