[diggan]

> restrictions on businesses are not related at all to democracy.

I guess we've dropped the whole "Global fair trade leads to a more free, peaceful and democratic world" argument that used to be so popular?

[dilyevsky]

It has been successfully proven wrong so yes

[reaperducer]

I guess we've dropped the whole "Global fair trade leads to a more free, peaceful and democratic world" argument that used to be so popular?

Sadly, yes. It took Russia invading Ukraine and threatening the E.U. for it to sink in. Now it's pretty much accepted that the experiment failed.

[typon]

The rules are written by the powerful to advantage the powerful. Once those advantages disappear, the rules must be rewritten or disregarded.

[alephnerd]

> I guess we've dropped the whole "Global fair trade leads to a more free, peaceful and democratic world" argument that used to be so popular?

Global Free Trade is based on the Stag Hunt Principle - all players need to be aligned to cooperate in order to "hunt the stag".

If players decide they wish to undermine the principle of fair trade, then they should be isolated.

For example, if China has banned FB or Google from operating without Chinese government oversight, then we should do the same with TikTok and WeChat.