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I think we’d be way better off if our manufacturing jobs had stayed on our turf. Yes, things might be more expensive, but we’d also have many more people being
by moistly 5y ago
I think we’d be way better off if our manufacturing jobs had stayed on our turf. Yes, things might be more expensive, but we’d also have many more people being paid good wages, we would have reduced GINI inequality issues, we would have better supply-line security, we well might have more workers unions, and we would be more incentivized to reduce our pollution.
We would, on average, be richer and more democratic if we had retained our wealth-generating jobs. Instead, we gave the wealth-generating part of our corporations to Chinese labourers.
As a result, China now has a rapidly-expanding middle-class and America has a rapidly-diminishing middle class.
The only Americans who truly benefited from this move are the billionaires whose corporations profited by exploiting third world slave labour.
- systemvoltage 5y agoThe billionaires of America/EU sold its soul to dictatorships. The rust belt is struggling and the rise of Trump was direct consequence of that.
- moistly 5y agoYou need to re-read the stats on Trump voters. They are not all unemployed, uneducated, steel-mill hicks. Not by a looong shot. Your use of stereotypes is a poor strategy.
- systemvoltage 5y agoHoly batman strawman. Elections are hinged by a tiny % of swing voters. These were the 80k or so voters in Swing states. I never said anything about the rest of the voter base. Respectfully, I suggest before telling others to re-read, some basic understanding of civics, electoral college, constituency and how elections are held would be helpful for yourself.