France: Yet another nation turns against globalism: 80% see it as a job-killer

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42. No it does not. It means that local/state/federal governments would have to buy from American

producers. It does not mean that tariffs would be place on anything. If we tell government to buy only domestic cars that does not mean that tariffs get placed on imported cars.

'Opposition to offshoring began among France's working class, moreso than it began among the Right.

Link? Tell the Socialist party that support for protectionism began in the working class not on the far-right. Support for protectionism is part of every far-right party platform in Europe. That is not true of left wing parties.

Your argument about the Gilded Age ignores two glaring facts: the huge excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco, and THE MONOPOLIES. Monopolies were what drove prices through the roof, far moreso than tariffs.

An interesting theory, but hardly a proven one. Progressives on the era knew that the existence of monopolies was part of the problem. They also knew that high tariffs protected domestic monopolies from foreign competition. That is also why corporations and the Chamber worked so vigorously to protect their high tariffs. Those made it much easier to maintain their monopolies. Monopolies don't like competition (domestic or foreign) and tariffs were one big way that they could limit the foreign competition. Progressive knew that.

"You want to keep blaming it on the Far Right, but that's your smokescreen for avoiding the fact that opposition to offshoring came from somewhere else: the working class."

I am not blaming it on the far-right. It is a fact that the far-right is leading the way in protectionism. You see it in the tea party here in the US, the National Front in France, the Freedom Party in the Netherlands, Golden Dawn in Greece and everywhere else.

"the world is building walls aimed specifically at keeping American workers out of the American AND global labor market. I'll be sure to keep bringing this up, because it is the most basic and damaging flaw in your argument."

And of course I keep bringing up that the per capita exports of American workers is exceed only by the exports per capita in Germany. If American labor is so discriminated against how is it each American worker exports more than workers in practically every other country (who I assume are not discriminated against in you opinion)?