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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by Aunche on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:57PM (#34248986)
> But don't hold your breath for CNN or someone like that to air a one-hour special on Why Globalization Was A Big Mistake And Everyone Advocating For It Was Obviously Stupid.

That's because it is terrible take. For one, globalization completely dissolved the threat of nuclear war. Also, globalization is the only reason why the economy hasn't stagnated. Our biggest economic successes operate in globalist spaces (tech and finance), but the biggest failures operate in heavily protectionist spaces (healthcare, construction, and the auto industry prior to rise of foreign subsidiaries).

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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:28PM (#34249442)
Globalization may be the reason that the economy hasn't stagnated, but it's also the reason the economy hollowed out, with the working-class jobs disappearing, with pretty heavy societal damage.

Were we better off with the economy growing but the blue-collar jobs disappearing? That's at least debatable.

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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by ericd on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:41PM (#34249603)
Yep, and angry populism is the completely predictable result.
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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by jimbob45 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:04PM (#34249095)
For one, globalization completely dissolved the threat of nuclear war

That's simply untrue. Europe outsourced its natural gas needs to Russia in an attempt to strengthen ties (ostensibly to avoid nuclear war, among other things). Despite that, no one would be surprised if 2023 had at least one nuclear warhead detonated at some point.

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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by svnt on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:08PM (#34249142)
> no one would be surprised if 2023 had at least one nuclear warhead detonated at some point.

I would. I would be incredibly surprised.

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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by mistermann on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:43PM (#34249618)
Didn't you hear the news: correlation is causation after all!
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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by remarkEon on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:54PM (#34249763)
>Europe outsourced

Europe also outsourced the security of the entire continent to the United States.

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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by StanislavPetrov on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:11PM (#34251710)
>For one, globalization completely dissolved the threat of nuclear war.

This is an interesting assertion to make given the very strong argument that can be made that we are closer to nuclear war right now than any time in human history.

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Re:Globalization Is Dead and No One Is Listening by jjk166 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:39PM (#34252949)
...as the system of globalization that deterred nuclear war is deteriorating
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