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> There’s a complete lack of empathy for blue collar labor which suffered job losses and industry shifts due to outsourcing The government didn't force those p
by bigyabai 1y ago
> There’s a complete lack of empathy for blue collar labor which suffered job losses and industry shifts due to outsourcing
The government didn't force those people to leave their jobs, we don't live in a communist society. Blue collar jobs went away in America because we possess a free market economy. If your labor is not competitive on the free market, your employer has no reason to hire you.
I cannot empathize with these positions because you seem to think economic shortcomings are a political issue. The past 80 years of globalism macroeconomics should be a gigantic flashing warning sign that reads "EMPIRE POLITICS DON'T FIX THIS" as a warning to anyone who thinks that invading China will make American manufacturing attractive somehow.
- nis0s 1y agoWhere did you get the impression that I was talking about imperialism, or empire politics? America is not beholden to creating wealth and jobs for the rest of the world at the expense of its own future and safety. Competitor nations need to show some willingness to work together, and not expect one country to be endlessly magnanimous while being endlessly critiqued for everyone else’s problems.