China manufactures a ballpoint pen all by itself (2017)

Re:China manufactures a ballpoint pen all by itself (2017) by deogeo on Sunday August 11, 2019 @11:21AM (#20668530)

> It's almost like the political thoughs of a leader of most other countries aside from America, are complex and can't really be effectively summed up in a short article

A nice way of saying "hypocrisy is politically useful, especially if you're not called out on it".

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Re:China manufactures a ballpoint pen all by itself (2017) by fao_ on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:08PM (#20669130)

Not really. Supporting globalism doesn't implicitly lock you in to believing that every single item that a country makes should be produced in several thousand globe-spanning factories.

(Sidenote: globalism is a positive move for the proletariat and means that strikes are several orders of magintude much more effective (See: Marxism at the Millennium by Cliff, chapter four))

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Re:China manufactures a ballpoint pen all by itself (2017) by deogeo on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:38PM (#20669306)

So when China acts protectionist, this is OK and in tune with free-trade globalism, because globalism "doesn't lock you in to believing every item should be produced internationally."

But when they accuse the US of that very same protectionism, this is not hypocritical, because of complex and nuanced reasons. Do I understand that correctly?

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Re:China manufactures a ballpoint pen all by itself (2017) by fao_ on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:50PM (#20679847)

How is producing a single pen using solely the labour of residents of China 'protectionist'.

Can you explain where I have accused the US of being protectionist?

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