Not having Amazon =/= only using local commerce. The problem is their centralization siphoning all of the money and attention out of the business, vertically integrating delivery, etc.

It's not like online retailers don't exist. Well, for now. They _will_ go under if we just let Amazon run everything unchecked.

Protectionism is anti-consumer

Yeah, see, me and my neighbours are not bloody "consumers".

What matters is that we provide an environment within which we can trade amongst each other as (relative) equals, not one in which the Great Overlord owns all of the means of production.

This isn't a border dispute, this is about behaviour within a country.

> Protectionism is anti-consumer

Forcing the adoption of exploitative labor practices is helpful to consumers within that jurisdiction?

Which is nice as long as you have work.

Protectionism creates less employment and opportunity than free trade. This is like saying immigrants take jobs from Americans