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I might not have represented myself that well, I'm trying more to address the people who are affected domestically. I'm not arguing against globalization at all
by okreallywtf 9y ago
I might not have represented myself that well, I'm trying more to address the people who are affected domestically. I'm not arguing against globalization at all (with words or votes) but we're seeing an increasing gap between the haves and have nots domestically and that divide is, I'm afraid, going to rip our country apart (and others, since it seems to be happening everywhere to some extent but the US has a weaker and weakening social safety net).
I don't see any way to micromanage the economy and to pull away from the world and have it actually benefit us, I might not have made clear that I don't consider that to be an actual option. I think its nuts that increasing taxes on those who benefit massively from globalization is a total non-starter and might lead us to disaster. In fact, we're about to potentially slash taxes on those same people and cut services to the rest of the country, we're moving totally backwards and the divide is just going to get larger.
So on the one hand, people losing their jobs is a shame but I wouldn't reorient our entire economy just to make sure people can still have factory jobs, but at the same time its up to us as a society whether or not simply losing your job because of changes in the global marketplace is a life-altering disaster or simply something we all deal with together.