Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by sachdevap on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:39AM
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No, it isn't just globalization. It's globalization done poorly. A level playing field wrt human rights of workers across wherever companies do business should be part of a just (in a humanitarian sense) globalization.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by vkou on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:47AM
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When we[1] were drafting trade policies back in the 90s and the 00s, we made zero effort to do globalization 'well'.
We made a lot of effort to make sure that it was done in a way that was great for the bottom line of multinationals, though.
[1] Or, more specifically, our politicians.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by sachdevap on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:49AM
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Precisely this. Trade negotiations by their nature are written by the winners, and until the voters wise up to this, we are doomed to repeat these mistakes.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by derg on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:50AM
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I would argue that it was done well because of that, not in spite of that.
The bottom line was the only thing that ever mattered.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by andrewksl on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:38PM
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Absolutely, but there don’t have to be human rights violations in order for a country with lower costs of living to be a more attractive host for manufacturing than one with a higher cost of living.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by chrisco255 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:32AM
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Maybe globalization is a failed experiment.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by nostrebored on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:15AM
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Upskilling of a workforce isn't a bad thing.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by allovernow on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:39PM
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In theory, yes. But millions of middle aged blue collar workers aren't going to learn to code, so to speak.
Re:China Set for Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:04AM
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Yes. Yes (and govs, not just corps). Yes. Hence it contributing to the worldwide rise in populism.
> greatest blue collared jobs/ communities destroyers in Italy, France, Spain, UK, US, Japan
But isn't this just the nature of globalization? And aren't the corporations in the countries you mentioned complicit in choosing to cut costs by moving production to cheap countries? And aren't we as consumers complicit in continuing to buy cheap goods like it's going out of fashion (wishful thinking lol).