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I think there will be a new Cold War, this time Russia/China vs the West. This may not be a bad outcome. I think it will be good for the average citizen of deve
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
I think there will be a new Cold War, this time Russia/China vs the West. This may not be a bad outcome. I think it will be good for the average citizen of developed countries in a lot of countries if globalization gets slowed a little. We traded cheap crap for a big increase in job insecurity and rising inequality.
- tablespoon 5y ago> I think there will be a new Cold War, this time Russia/China vs the West. This may not be a bad outcome. I think it will be good for the average citizen of developed countries in a lot of countries if globalization gets slowed a little. We traded cheap crap for a big increase in job insecurity and rising inequality. I agree. Globalization has had a lot of economic and social negatives (e.g. selling your fishing rod to buy a fish), and it's delusional at this point to think it will do anything to address the deep political differences and fundamental rivalries that exist between the blocs. There's probably a lesson somewhere in this about keeping economists on tighter leashes.
- somewhereoutth 5y agoGlobalization is as inevitable as time - it is the direction of civilization. Every day the world gets smaller, and the actions of each of us affect an ever increasing number of people as our connectedness increases. The project of the new millennium and its generations will be to deal with this in a humane manner.