I think thats why I was originally dismissive of nrx, seemed like weird "if only we could restore France v Dutch" and mixing them up
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absolutism and mercantilism were very different and nrx sometimes seemed like couldn't tell difference
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Replying to @turrible_tao
French Absolutism and mercantilism were pretty much the same thing. Agree that the equation doesn't hold up as well elsewhere.
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I am saying mercantalism as shorthand for dutch republic trade minded non zero sum econ development bend
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Replying to @turrible_tao
That's a weird usage, surely? Can't we use 'commercialism' for that, to avoid confusion?
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Replying to @Outsideness
was like 4 in morning and I never remembered dutch republic style having name, but ya that sounds better then what I was saying
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Replying to @turrible_tao
Standard usage of "mercantilism" (like "liberalism") is structurally retarded, but it is what it is. Politics inverts all meaning.
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ya it seems like after the fact term to explain trade surplus minded thinking as opposed to how economics works now
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"Mercantilism" -- State trade management. "Liberalism" -- State liberty management. "Federalism" -- State independence management. ...
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... "Eugenics" -- State population-quality management. -- The politico-linguistic pattern isn't hard to follow, once you catch on to it.
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Notably Moldbug -is- mercantilist, which for his sake I hope is one of his trolls.
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