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When did the left become pro-globalization? I didn't realize it happened until brexit/trump, was it a reaction to this or did it happen earlier? All those youn
by flukus 10y ago
When did the left become pro-globalization? I didn't realize it happened until brexit/trump, was it a reaction to this or did it happen earlier?
All those young people protesting Trump and other similar issues, if they were born 15 years earlier they would have been at the battle of Seattle and Trump would be seen as the messiah.
- candiodari 10y agoAt least in Europe, it happened earlier, long before Trump. Right now the left is actually fighting FOR the EU. It's baffling.
- mercer 10y agoI think in part the word 'globalization' has become too vague. As far as I know, but correct me if I'm wrong, the left has always been pro-globalization, just in a different way ('workers of the world, unite!'?). When it comes to the EU, most (reasonable) left-wing people I know are 'pro', but with very mixed feelings. But then I feel that a deeper issue is that the words 'left' and 'right' leave out so much information (these days) that they actively harm productive conversation. At the very least we disentangle the 'social' and 'economic' dimensions. If we'd do that I think at least some of the confusion over the seemingly inconsistent attitudes towards globalization will make more sense.