"But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade."
Karl Marx on
globalization, closing paragraph, in the 1848 Discourse on Free Trade referenced in
Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy