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Originally Posted by Populist Lee
However, if you are "localist", you have to accept *Protection* in the economy.
If you support global Free Trade, how do you prevent local producers from getting stuffed by international(ist) market forces?
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On your definition I would definitely not be localist as I oppose protection and support the free market nationally and internationally. I am not sure that is what Harry meant by localism in his comments though.
I consider the EU to be a protectionist and interventionist zone that has more similarities to an 'enlarged' nationalism than to any internationalist principles. After all, the EU is a state in the making.
So for the main question I support Classical Liberal/Libertarian principles. On the localist/globalist question I would hesitate to say globalist since I associate that with transnational bureaucracies but certainly I would support the traditional internationalism founded upon free nation states.