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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
52. Well Done & DURec!
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 04:59 PM
Oct 2012

I would argue only with the term "Globalization".
Globalization is not some NEW thing that just came along in the 80s because of the InterNet.
Globalization has been happening since the first Cave Man walked across the valley to the next tribe and traded some Spear Points for a Fish.
It is thoroughly natural and beneficial as long as certain common sense guidelines (regulations) are in place

The problem is NOT "Globalization", but the de-regulation of International and Interstate Trade. To achieve this, the RICH (Corporate Owners) designed and perpetrated a SCAM to access Slave Labor in the 3rd World, Bust Unions, and avoid Accountability for Raping & Poisoning the Environment.
They had absolutely NO data, statistics, or logical support for their BOGUS theory that De-regulating Trade would be GOOD for the American Working Class.
In fact, they KNEW that they would have to override Common Sense,
so they invented a New Magic Religion that demanded absolute Fealty and Submission to an Invisible Deity, and used Smooth Talking Politicians to SELL their New religion to a gullible American Public.

The RICH Scammers KNEW that Americans love NOTHING more than Blind Faith Religions and MAGIC,
and Americans, on the advice of their politicians, thoughtlessly threw away 100 years of regulation, oversight, and Public Accountability that had built the Largest, Wealthiest, and Most Upwardly Mobile Working Class the World had ever seen. Many of those buying into this New Blind Faith religion had had fathers and grandfathers who had given their LIVES to establish the very same regulations that they quickly discarded in their foolish flight to embrace their New Magic God...The Giant Invisible Hand.

[font size=4]The Graven Image on the Altar....

..of the New Church of the Invisible Hand![/font]



This SCAM is BEAUTIFUL and Elegant in its simplicity,
has worked PERFECTLY as designed,
and is STILL being sold to gullible Americans who continue to petition this Magic Invisible Deity for Economic Salvation despite all the evidence to the contrary that exists on every street in America.
It is Embraced and Marketed by BOTH dominant Political Parties (all members of the Rich Ownership Class),
so American voters have NO OPTION but to vote for MORE "Free Trade",
and, under the unquestioned guidance of their Political Leadership, continue to bow down to the New Imaginary Gods and give away their very ability to earn a living.

Now THAT is a Beautiful SCAM.


Sorry Virginia,
but there is NO Giant Invisible Hand,
and there is no such thing as "Free Markets" or "Free Trade".
The RICH Made-That-Shit-Up to get More MONEY.


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
[font size=5 color=Firebrick]Solidarity99![/font][font size=2 color=green]
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And by the way... dchill Oct 2012 #1
Get arrested for vagrancy undergroundpanther Oct 2012 #29
Best explanation of globalization ever !!! fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #2
Yes, please, steal it and use it as your own. Express permission. Zalatix Oct 2012 #3
Additional Sources mckara Oct 2012 #7
Impressive reading list. I must get those books. Zalatix Oct 2012 #16
I could see some people being all jazzed about it if we were exploiting low wages brewens Oct 2012 #4
This is why the GOP needs to be destroyed. Literally. BanTheGOP Oct 2012 #5
The GOP has learned from Germany's mistakes, and the mistakes of all before them. Zalatix Oct 2012 #12
Agreed undergroundpanther Oct 2012 #30
Fantastic post, saved for future viewing and reference Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #6
I argued these points w/ my soon-to-be ex (Stanford MBA) alittlelark Oct 2012 #8
Free trade is a bipartisan failure. hay rick Oct 2012 #9
My question to you is how do you convince the masses former-republican Oct 2012 #10
Oh JEEZ. That's the part they can LEAST understand. Zalatix Oct 2012 #14
lol former-republican Oct 2012 #15
Your Stuff Is Far From Way Out There. It Is Reality And A Fact. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2012 #22
By pointing out that "free trade" didn't lower prices, but just fattened corporate bottom lines Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #42
This is a thing of beauty and I'm not going to ruin it with my own commentary. pa28 Oct 2012 #11
Superb! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #13
but, but, but....DLC Hillary says there are "advantages" to outsourcing antigop Oct 2012 #17
The war on America's working class is bipartisan. Zalatix Oct 2012 #19
only if we rid the party of the corporatists and I don't see that happening anytime soon n/t antigop Oct 2012 #20
Hillary needs to re-read the "Free trade is a win-win" memo. hay rick Oct 2012 #21
Are you kidding? Her husband invented the means to sell this Ponzi scheme to the sheeple. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #23
Ya gotta crawl before ya can walk. hay rick Oct 2012 #25
!!! marions ghost Oct 2012 #18
K&R One quibble; they're just robbing Peter, Paul is still fucked. n/t Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #24
See, that's the point, Peter and Paul have to find a way to work together. Zalatix Oct 2012 #35
If free trade ended, what would you say to the 10 million Americans in export-supported jobs, Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #26
Yawn. What do you say to the 20 million who lost their jobs to offshoring? Nothing? Okthxbye! Zalatix Oct 2012 #32
Got a link for 20 million jobs lost to outsourcing? Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #48
I'm with you here, Zalatix. But free trade globalists are blinded by greed ~ Zorra Oct 2012 #27
The free trade globalists are intentionally bleeding the working class. Zalatix Oct 2012 #33
You might appreciate some of this discussion. moondust Oct 2012 #28
That's why I actively fought Clinton/Gore NAFTA upi402 Oct 2012 #31
oh, you guys. The current capitalist paradigm is based on... aletier_v Oct 2012 #34
What about the people in the countries that we outsource to? ComplimentarySwine Oct 2012 #35
See? You don't get it. I just told you, and you flat out didn't get it. Zalatix Oct 2012 #37
The thing is... ComplimentarySwine Oct 2012 #38
Uh, no, they weren't, not like they are now. Not even close. Don't think you're fooling anyone. Zalatix Oct 2012 #39
Please forgive me for referencing Wikipedia, but... ComplimentarySwine Oct 2012 #40
Could it have had something to do with them importing Chinese labor to build railroads for a song? Zalatix Oct 2012 #41
It appears that you haven't thought this through... ComplimentarySwine Oct 2012 #43
"I'm also not for Americans having jobs just because they're Americans" nolabels Oct 2012 #44
The dead giveaway was him/her implying Americans are not competitive. Zalatix Oct 2012 #47
It would seem easy to debate any of his positions nolabels Oct 2012 #49
It more than appears that your argument is both callous and incoherent. Zalatix Oct 2012 #46
"The US is the third largest exporter in the world". Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #50
The US has the largest trade deficit in the world. So what if we're the 3rd largest exporter? Zalatix Oct 2012 #53
But the plutocrats DO have feelings for American workers IDemo Oct 2012 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author bvar22 Oct 2012 #51
Well Done & DURec! bvar22 Oct 2012 #52
Of course they know. They don't care. They like those results. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #54
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