Uhhh...based libertarians?
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You are thinking "Free
TradeMarket" the fundamental right to buy and sell goods without government intervention. The core of what makes "capitalism" good.They are talking "Free International Trade" that incentivizes dirt cheap foreign labor and goods over local goods. The core of what allowed unaccountable Corporations to dominate the world.
The language gap between liberterians, lolberterians, and conservatives is not that much better than the one between conservatives and communists.
I can't say I really hear people use the phrase "free trade" outside of international trade policy. When talking about domestic trade, it's usually phrased as "free market".
It get's interchanged frequently on patriots. I've interjected into this same miscommunication dozens of times over the last two years.
There's an ever growing amount of people who have never paid much attention to foreign policy, and the libertarians are right, "free trade" has been pushed as a neocon position in the past, as if it was equivalent to free market. It's not uncommon for this debate to get derailed by misunderstanding. It's also not uncommon for some conservatives to still think free trade is a good idea.