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115. Our financial woes are absolutely tied to that...

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 08:46 PM

Jun 2016

When those seven kids in Malawi grow up, and are desperate for any kind of money to buy bowls of rice to stay alive, they'll work for pennies an hour.

In steps an investor who steps in to undercut someone working in a US manufacturing job by taking advantage of this situation, providing the jobs so that those seven Malawi kids don't end up starving to death. This, in turn, causes the US guy to lose his job, and either A) Blame the brown people (if he's right wing), or B) Blame the investor giving them a job so they can eat, while keeping the majority of the proceeds (if he's left wing).

But the real problem, should the US employee lose his job or should third world kids starve, comes directly from overpopulation.

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Chamber of Commerce propaganda arendt Jun 2016 #33

The aspects you name are only part of the total picture of globalism. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #34

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? bvar22 Jun 2016 #83

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The neo-liberals promote bigotry to keep the masses distracted. They militarize the local rhett o rick Jun 2016 #17

You just took hard evidence that eviscerated your position... ConservativeDemocrat Jun 2016 #32

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On last question ReRe Jun 2016 #91

A clue would be that he served as a source of inspiration for Thatcher, Pinochet, and Reagan. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #101

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Precisely malaise Jun 2016 #93

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Pitchforks, torches and rope The Wizard Jun 2016 #38

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