[news] Free Trade: Primitive Accumulation of Capital

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I have said it before and will say it again, capitalism is merchants with private armies. The modern market state that is evolving under globalization is no different.

Seventeenth Century Origins of Free Trade

During the early modern period (1500-1700), there was intense conflict among European states. Chartered trade companies acted as warrior merchants, especially the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. Armed trade was refined into a ruthless art by the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.

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