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> this is what apple does This is what globalism does. Take the environmental destruction and shitty working conditions that would never be allowed in your own
by ralph84 3y ago
> this is what apple does
This is what globalism does. Take the environmental destruction and shitty working conditions that would never be allowed in your own country to other countries and centralize the profits from doing so into the hands of a few.
- nervlord 3y ago[dead]
- b59831 3y ago[flagged]
- slg 3y agoThis is what capitalism does. Crossing borders might make things easier because laws and the cost of doing business will vary, but using your power to squeeze every cent you possibly can out of your business partners is a function of capitalism and not globalism.
- Slava_Propanei 3y ago[dead]
- chongli 3y agoNo, mercantilist and imperialist societies (Roman Empire, British Empire) did this long before the modern era of private capital. Capitalism is just another in a long line of systems under which wealth and power concentrates into the hands of a few and the many are disadvantaged. The only new thing here is the degree to which technology can extend lines of communication and trade.
- water554 3y agoWhat do you suggest as an alternative to our imperfect capitalism?
- slg 3y agoExcept mercantilist and imperialist societies got their way through violence. They didn't really have "business partners" to squeeze in a modern sense. They had subjects they would steal from and oppress. Capitalism was supposed to be different. Apple notably doesn't have a standing army bigger than the US like the East India Company did in relation to England. If the results end up looking similar, that is a huge indictment of the system.
- coconuthacker42 3y agoIt's cheaper without having a standing army. I wouldn't say that capitalism is another system, i would just say it's an evolution of imperialistic society that reached the equilibrium of most profit and least resistance from the people
- mrfumier 3y agoGlobalism prevent wars by making countries dependant to each others (Montesquieu Doux commerce theory). Globalism permits to all countries around the globe to develop. Nobody is preventing these countries to set laws about environment and working condition (which they actually do). And by the way, I invite you to go to these countries and visit the factories there, and you will realize that western companies are raising standards (security and quality) on their suppliers.
- illiac786 3y ago> Globalism prevent wars by making countries dependant to each others (Montesquieu Doux commerce theory). He was wrong though, it appears, no? I mean one could argue that there would be more wars without globalism (I'd counter argue there would be less weapons) but one cannot say "globalism prevents wars" in general.
- mantas 3y agoComing from, let's say, 2nd-world-country that receives it's fair share of outsourcing... There's absolutely a big push to keep employment laws as well as other laws „flexible“. And keep salaries as low as realistically possible. Otherwise MUH INVESTORS will go somewhere else. To be fair, it's not (just) foreign investors. Local elite is making $$$ providing support to incoming companies. Real estate moguls, construction companies, subcontractors etc. Ultimately it is a race to the bottom to appease the sacred investor and let local elite enrich themselves.
- shreyshnaccount 3y agoNo, it's a race to the bottom. It forces the countries to which manufacturing is outsourced to, to not have strict labour laws, low salaries, lenient pollution control and keep conditions generaly favourable for the company, at the cost of the people working there, or else the multi-billion dollar corpos will turn to another country to get the cheapest manufacturing possible
- lennixm 3y agoUnfortunately your theory falls apart once you read literally a single book on macroeconomics.