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applegrove

(118,444 posts)
Sat May 1, 2021, 02:11 AM May 2021

Globalism may just be the thing that keeps corporations from backing autocrats in

Last edited Fri May 7, 2021, 12:41 AM - Edit history (5)

this century. Who'd have thunk it back when corporations pushed for freer trade they would actually become liberals. The name "liberal" implied free trade at the start of its inception though. And unions need to be protected. They do that in Germany. It can work anywhere. I guess corporations have looked around and realized they'd rather pay taxes than graft. At least taxes under a democratic leadership and increased wages go towards making people more productive with health and education and entrepreneurship rather than the decrepidization of the population corruption causes. Also trade makes international corporations less likely to attack diversity. They have clients everywhere in the world. Rock on free trade and productivity if that is the carrot corporations need in front of them to be on the side of democracy and diversity.

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