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What would be the point? The citizens of California have roughly the same standard of living, similar environmental protections, same currency, etc. as the res
by hiram112 10y ago
What would be the point? The citizens of California have roughly the same standard of living, similar environmental protections, same currency, etc. as the rest of the US states.
What we've seen for the last 30 years is NOT free trade. It is wage / environmental arbitrage where capital moves at will from one tax haven to the next, and labor enjoys none of the same benefits.
- krrrh 10y ago> labor enjoys none of the same benefits. Yet median wages and environmental protections have been trending upwards in China since they opened up in the 1970s. The same is true in western nations.
- hiram112 10y agoMedian wages have been stagnant for 30 years in the west - since the Reagan / Thatcher era. Any person or study claiming another opinion can look at the birth rate of natives and just stop there. Environmental protections have certainly increased in the West - our lakes are no longer on fire. But considering the population density of Asia and the increase in energy consumption, Mother Earth would be better off with all us gone - capitalism is not helping. As a Westerner, it shouldn't be my job to be cajoled into letting someone else win, based on flimsy arguments like this. You'd have to have been brainwashed to do such a thing. China will certainly win - should they create a society like Taiwan x 40.
- WalterBright 10y agoThe EU free trade zone allowed free movement of workers.