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> But don't hold your breath for CNN or someone like that to air a one-hour special on Why Globalization Was A Big Mistake And Everyone Advocating For It Was Ob
by Aunche 4y ago
> But don't hold your breath for CNN or someone like that to air a one-hour special on Why Globalization Was A Big Mistake And Everyone Advocating For It Was Obviously Stupid.
That's because it is terrible take. For one, globalization completely dissolved the threat of nuclear war. Also, globalization is the only reason why the economy hasn't stagnated. Our biggest economic successes operate in globalist spaces (tech and finance), but the biggest failures operate in heavily protectionist spaces (healthcare, construction, and the auto industry prior to rise of foreign subsidiaries).
- jimbob45 4y agoFor one, globalization completely dissolved the threat of nuclear war That's simply untrue. Europe outsourced its natural gas needs to Russia in an attempt to strengthen ties (ostensibly to avoid nuclear war, among other things). Despite that, no one would be surprised if 2023 had at least one nuclear warhead detonated at some point.
- svnt 4y ago> no one would be surprised if 2023 had at least one nuclear warhead detonated at some point. I would. I would be incredibly surprised.
- mistermann 4y agoDidn't you hear the news: correlation is causation after all!
- remarkEon 4y ago>Europe outsourced Europe also outsourced the security of the entire continent to the United States.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoGlobalization may be the reason that the economy hasn't stagnated, but it's also the reason the economy hollowed out, with the working-class jobs disappearing, with pretty heavy societal damage. Were we better off with the economy growing but the blue-collar jobs disappearing? That's at least debatable.
- ericd 4y agoYep, and angry populism is the completely predictable result.
- StanislavPetrov 4y ago>For one, globalization completely dissolved the threat of nuclear war. This is an interesting assertion to make given the very strong argument that can be made that we are closer to nuclear war right now than any time in human history.
- jjk166 4y ago...as the system of globalization that deterred nuclear war is deteriorating