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Are the products of your "local economy" sold locally. If not, then you have no right to claim protection.

• en3rme 9y ago
  People don't want what's fair, people want what's better for them. I don't want my wage to lower just so people in the third world can live better because I, honestly, don't give a fuck about them. That's the sentiment that's rising lately.
  • pimmen89 9y ago
    And this is where the tribalism comes in to play. At some point, governments have to do what's fair and not what the angry mob they represents want. White Europeans might've wanted colonialism hundreds of years ago, and to this day some people don't really care when their military commits war crimes against "them". It's hard for me to sympathise with the view that "the real unfairness here is that people born in miserable conditions are happy to do my job for less, so I'm the victim here".
    • restalis 9y ago
      "At some point, governments have to do what's fair and not what the angry mob they represents want." Fair to whom? A government has to be fair primarily to their subjects. It's their subject's trust and resources that mandate government's power. Outsiders haven't contributed with nothing prior to their coming so it's unfair to give them equal amount of consideration about anything in the first place.
• geodel 9y ago
  Unfortunately rights are not much applicable in international matters. They are governed by laws which can benefit locals or treaties which can benefit both parties. I have seen in India even in same nation people from one state want to throw out people from different states as they are taking jobs and resources that are supposed for locals.