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I dont think this is the only perspective. Without those outsourced industries, the economies of those countries might be worse off and people might have better
by nsonha 5y ago
I dont think this is the only perspective. Without those outsourced industries, the economies of those countries might be worse off and people might have better air and water but face poverty, umemployment and other crises. It'll be better for the West to bring back jobs no doubt.
- sean_the_geek 5y agoI don’t understand the downvotes to your comment. It is a valid alternative perspective.
- rocknor 5y agoThe downvotes show how little the HN audience knows about economics and geopolitics, making dumbass statements like > Modern life is pretty damn great but let's not kid ourselves that it's basically theft from the poor and the young.
- nsonha 5y agoThe funny thing is most people having this view have not lived in a developing country. Yet they feel that they know what's best for us.
- beardedetim 5y agoCould we say the same about Africans in the slave trade? I’m not sure because I don’t know history but I would hazard a guess that one could.
- nsonha 5y agoI'm not talking about slave trade Countries that have a significant outsourcing footprint, do you think they do it because they're foolish/greedy? if it is so bad for them? There is a pressure especially in overpopulated nations to create jobs and the local economy is not mature enough to create enough jobs nor value to pay well.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoOr they do it because local officials are bribed or powerless
- nsonha 5y agoor both, why do things have to be either black or white?
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoIf you ever lived in Russia, you'd realise that its entirely resolved by bribes, not national interest