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tater · 11-13-10, 02:21 PM

I find the anti-globalization argument to be sort of odd. I just don't "get it."

We've always had "globalization," the only difference is that it used to be "owned" only by the few big players, and was either real colonialism, or "market" colonialism—extract from someplace else, and ship home.

Was the old china trade (clipper ships) not "globalization? Was it OK simply because we made loads of cash on the deal?

The notion that the loss of some US industry is wrong is crazy, IMHO. Do you really think it was sustainable for the US to be more than 50% of world manufacturing forever, when we are such a small % of the world's population? Before, the US (and the West in general) was at a huge technological advantage vs the East. They could not possibly make the stuff we did. that was bound to change. Once the process of production is able to be replicated anywhere, the only blocks to "globalization" would be what? Currency devaluation? Crippling tariffs? Simply banning foreign goods? Look at US cars before there was serious foreign competition. 1970s POS American cars. That's what you'll get.

Enlighten me, I just don't buy the anti-globalization (gotta be screwy when morons like Pat Buchannan and unbathed, leftist students (who've never had a real job) are against it (that constellation is a major "pro" argument to my mind).).

11-13-10, 02:21 PM	#43
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I find the anti-globalization argument to be sort of odd. I just don't "get it." We've always had "globalization," the only difference is that it used to be "owned" only by the few big players, and was either real colonialism, or "market" colonialism—extract from someplace else, and ship home. Was the old china trade (clipper ships) not "globalization? Was it OK simply because we made loads of cash on the deal? The notion that the loss of some US industry is wrong is crazy, IMHO. Do you really think it was sustainable for the US to be more than 50% of world manufacturing forever, when we are such a small % of the world's population? Before, the US (and the West in general) was at a huge technological advantage vs the East. They could not possibly make the stuff we did. that was bound to change. Once the process of production is able to be replicated anywhere, the only blocks to "globalization" would be what? Currency devaluation? Crippling tariffs? Simply banning foreign goods? Look at US cars before there was serious foreign competition. 1970s POS American cars. That's what you'll get. Enlighten me, I just don't buy the anti-globalization (gotta be screwy when morons like Pat Buchannan and unbathed, leftist students (who've never had a real job) are against it (that constellation is a major "pro" argument to my mind).).