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In reply to the discussion: The real truth is that people across the planet are fed up of [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(48,967 posts)Along with that and "part and parcel" with it is low wages and bad working conditions.
I do not begrudge low wage jobs moving out of the country to advance middle classes elsewhere.
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The problem is not that the iPhones and iPads of the people complaining about globalism are made in China and Vietnam. The problem is that the minimum wage in the US is ridiculously low.
When you have a robust working poor who can make a decent wage to live a decent (if a bit hard) life and provide a future for their children with health care, then you have a strong base for the nation.
But there is too much wealth at the top in the 1% and the 0.1% and the 0.01%. That wealth is invested offshore and dodges taxes and does not pay its fair share of the load.
There are NOT only three models that are all forms of authoritarianism.
The California model, the Canadian model, and the Scandinavian models do very well. Look there. That's what we got. Lots of options.