Quote from makloda:
Sure you believe in capitalism, just a couple of exceptions
- Mom should stay at home while Dad is working and feeding the family.
- China shouldn't be allowed to export to the US.
- US companies should not be allowed to move manufacturing jobs offshore as they become economically infeasible due to international competition.
- In fact, the US should not feel any economic pressure to move the average job upwards on the value/quality/complexity slope and thus - God forbid - increase productivity and leave low complexity jobs to emerging market economies.
For someone whose got such a 'keen' grasp on the sheer wonder thats Globalism, the simple points of Patriotism and US-centric policy ellude you.
For most families, its preferable that Mom (or Dad) stay home to rear kids during their impressionable years. Maybe you prefer minimum wagers raise your kids. Hey, thats up to you.
China should be allowed to export products to America - as long as they compete FAIRLY with existing American industry. That means tariffs on foreign products to PROTECT American JOBS and LIVING STANDARDS.
Point 3 is Corporate Welfare BS. US Corporations have been allowed to take advantage of cheap foreign labor and re-export to foreign markets for a very long time. As you say, this allows 'fair competition'.
But what they weren't able to do is set up shop offshore and reexport TO America - thus cutting out the American worker. Thats what the ENTIRE PUSH for Globalization was all about - outsourcing American jobs so US Corporations could 'monetize' their workers salaries. Duh.
Your 4th point is pure Globalist tripe. Globalism was the invention of American and European industry to avoid being saddled with what-would-otherwise-be massive R&D investment on robotic/automation process. The alternative was to lobby Congress for "Free Trade Agreements" that required no capital investment or risk for similar profit potential - albeit destroying the Country's manufacturing base and middle class in the process.
Low complexity jobs would have stayed in America, done by robots. That means all the ancillary support jobs inherent in manufacturing - engineering, process design, logistics, floor staff and product R&D would HAVE STAYED IN AMERICA. Not handed over to a Communist Rival because our Corporate Leaders have no sense of Patriotism or Loyalty to the Country. If America had automated and not outsourced, this Country would be an industrial and export juggernaut - untouchable economically and light years ahead of the world.
Academia jumped on the Globalist bandwagon because they're comprised almost entirely of left-wingers who saw Globalism as the perfect vehicle to Socialize Americas wealth with the poor, helpless Third World.
Its as simple as that, Guy.
Think about it.
