Herbert Spencer Was Right: Protectionism Is Really Aggression-ism

"Government, begotten of aggression and by aggression, ever continues to betray its original nature by its aggressiveness."

"We let ourselves be deceived by words and phrases which suggest one aspect of the facts while leaving the opposite aspect unsuggested"so-called protection always involves aggression"the name aggressionist ought to be substituted for the name protectionist... Nay, 'aggressionists' is a title doubly more applicable"since, that one producer may gain, ten consumers are fleeced."

Herbert Spencer, 1884