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Encouraging international cooperation isn't consolidating power. It's learning to live together on the same planet.
by unityByFreedom 10y ago
Encouraging international cooperation isn't consolidating power. It's learning to live together on the same planet.
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- aylmao 10y ago"a more integrated global political and economic structure" doesn't mean "international cooperation" though, it just means more free trade policies, and international political regulation instead of national. International cooperation can be achieved without an integrated political and economic structure. My country doesn't need to have the same economic policies and regulations as your country to live in harmony with you, or to take on international projects together like sending aid to some natural disaster, or doctors to communities that need them, or to agree in standards, or to foster academic research. "a more integrated global political and economic structure" means 1. bodies that have political power over national governments, which would make the implementation of standard regulations easier and 2. open borders for trade. Of course a billionaire involved in a number of translational companies wants this. As far as consolidating power goes, the US and China have some pretty big fish because their economies have been on steroids for a while. But other countries rely on national regulation to keep their national companies and local economies from being overrun by these big players. Least you know monopolies wouldn't exist only on the national level, but internationally, and then what do you do? National monopolies are a pain to get rid of, those would only be worse.
- endisukaj 10y agoWhat is wrong with more free trade policies?
- sintaxi 10y agoTo name a few reasons... - It creates tax havens by allowing corps to claim profits in the country of their choosing. (see Apple Inc.) - It forces workers in developed countries to compete with workers in countries that don't have adequate human rights/pay. (see Walmart) - It wreaks havoc on the environment by overproduction and shipping. - People in underdeveloped countries pay the price for pollution created in developed countries. - Corporations become huge very quickly and end up having massive influence in politics of several countries. - Countries ultimately lose their sovereignty to the shareholders of these mega-corps.
- rayiner 10y ago> Encouraging international cooperation isn't consolidating power. It's learning to live together on the same planet. Globalization is a big tent with lots of different people in it with different motivations and priorities. The effect is mixed. It undoubtedly has accelerated growth and encouraged stability in the developing world. At the same time, it normalizes non-Western social/economic models and tends to undermine welfare states.
- unityByFreedom 10y ago> tends to undermine welfare states. Not if we realize we share this planet and ought to be collectively interested in its health.
- rayiner 10y agoThe modern European welfare state - until robots take over - is all about carving out a local optimum in a sea of scarcity. How do you propose to have cradle-to-grave welfare within a system that encourages labor in developed countries to bitterly compete with desparate people in developing countries?
- unityByFreedom 10y agoWell that was the Westphalian agreement. We're sovereign states and can operate as we see fit. If international policy has some impact on our domestic policy -- so be it. Much the same as we have free will and are also impacted by our environment. There are people in places who are happy with the way things are, and people in other places who wouldn't like it that way.
- rayiner 10y agoI don't think I understand your point at all. How do you preserve modern European welfare states in the face of globalization?
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