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Re:How Jack Ma took on eBay with Taobao by scarejunba on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:47PM (#17655873)
It's just protectionism of different sorts. The difference is like that between a member of a Marxist Communist Party and a Marxist-Leninist Communist Party. They think it's super different, but ultimately they're both communists.
Re:How Jack Ma took on eBay with Taobao by ucaetano on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:54PM (#17655949)
> It's just protectionism of different sorts.

Sure, but both being protectionism doesn't make them equal or even comparable.

Placing a 5% fee on certain products and banning all imports are both protectionism, but are in no way comparable.