A protectionist economy is a type of economy that aims to restrict international trade in order to preserve the domestic economy. Thus, it is only logical that protectionist economic policies would try to reduce international commerce by establishing quotas on imports.
In the early 17th century Galileo was indeed convicted of heresy because he claimed that Earth revolved around the Sun. This conviction was an example of an religiously motivated conviction of someone who had the best intentions in mind in the sense of mankind achieving greater knowledge.
