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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:46 PM Original message |
Please tell me why globalization is so great. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. not me, honey -- i'm with you. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. For corporations it's a way to maximize profits for the individual worker |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because since the effort to globalize the economy, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Tell that to the Americans who have lost their jobs because of it. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Does all sarcasm have to be self-identified? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. I like coffee and kiwi |
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AliceWonderland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You can certainly have products without corporate globalization |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. People don't differentiate though |
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AliceWonderland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I'm sorry, I'm not clear on the point here |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. No |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. At the cost of YOUR livelihood? |
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blurp (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Not if your livelihood resembles organized crime. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yes, but what happens when the mob wants to go to another community? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. As Christians want it?? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. it makes it easier for the rich to just pick up and leave us |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Except I believe that is what they are doing. |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Globalization means inter-dependency |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Clinton was a fool or a tool. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Our leaders are scared to death of the "T-word" |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. EU was smart about it, they have kept their industrial base while |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think of it as one giant "Pottersville" (as in "It's a Wonderful Life") |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's one of the few clear paths to world peace and human unification. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Really. Just so long you remain profitable and mainstream. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Things will always be better for the wealthy. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. How many here drive a foreign-model car? |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. you've caught yourself in the loop... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Bingo. Why is DSL in China so low compared to the US? Ditto for |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. cars? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Productivity is very much related to trade. If you doubt that.... |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. One words: Laws. |
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adriennui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. it isn't great, in fact it sucks |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. It could be all right if the rules were fair, but the way it's |
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blurp (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. Because more (globally) is produced with less or same human effort |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. That's a Good Description |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. It is meant to make slaves of us all |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Depends on what you mean by globalization |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. Globaloney! |
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