RE: FORBES OP/ED blasts the global market.
May 20, 2019 at 8:45 am
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2019 at 9:01 am by Brian37.)
To talk of economic theories as cure a cure all to me is bullshit. I don't care what economic view someone touts, you'll still end up with unrest if enough of that population is starved of resources. It does not matter which direction that unrest leads to, be it to a more open society, or to a closed society.
And economic views still do not take into account friend and foe alike seek resources, and long term times change and and power shifts.
Even right now, I do get sick of the GOP harping on how well the economy is doing. Sure, for more CEOs and Shareholders and Wall Street. But that is still a short term sugar high and does not do much to create long term affordable living and worker stability.
I still prefer an open west, but that does not mean our billionaires are doing the right thing. But billionaires also exist in China and Russia and Saudi Arabia and quite sure Kim Jong Un and his family are filthy rich too.
To say a layperson cannot comment on anything is absurd. I also can't build a car from scratch, in designing one, melting the metal to build an engine block, wire it, assemble it, to know when it is a lemon if it doesn't start. Any power in the world can sell bullshit to their populations, just like a used car salesman.
The global market cannot be seen as one ideology, but an inter connected ecosystem, where everything ebbs and flows, and power shifts over time.
China's model is great for production, but horrible on human rights and pollution. America's rich I see as simply wanting to replicate that exploitation here.
I only value an open west market more because it allows for more individual expression and protects pluralism better. But right now, I do see our right trying to destroy that.
Globally speaking, it isn't enough for any nation in the world to simply produce just to produce. Our species cant consume it's way to prosperity. Caring solely about billionaires and shareholders is short term thinking. The global weapons industry sells to everyone, both friend and foe, and the shareholders are worldwide. Ignoring that invites conflict based on profit. Letting oil dictate the global market also effects friend and foe on top of causing global warming, which is the only home our species has.
It is one thing to argue for more open societies, and I will always favor that. But that does not change that even in the west, we can and do have abuse of power.
And economic views still do not take into account friend and foe alike seek resources, and long term times change and and power shifts.
Even right now, I do get sick of the GOP harping on how well the economy is doing. Sure, for more CEOs and Shareholders and Wall Street. But that is still a short term sugar high and does not do much to create long term affordable living and worker stability.
I still prefer an open west, but that does not mean our billionaires are doing the right thing. But billionaires also exist in China and Russia and Saudi Arabia and quite sure Kim Jong Un and his family are filthy rich too.
To say a layperson cannot comment on anything is absurd. I also can't build a car from scratch, in designing one, melting the metal to build an engine block, wire it, assemble it, to know when it is a lemon if it doesn't start. Any power in the world can sell bullshit to their populations, just like a used car salesman.
The global market cannot be seen as one ideology, but an inter connected ecosystem, where everything ebbs and flows, and power shifts over time.
China's model is great for production, but horrible on human rights and pollution. America's rich I see as simply wanting to replicate that exploitation here.
I only value an open west market more because it allows for more individual expression and protects pluralism better. But right now, I do see our right trying to destroy that.
Globally speaking, it isn't enough for any nation in the world to simply produce just to produce. Our species cant consume it's way to prosperity. Caring solely about billionaires and shareholders is short term thinking. The global weapons industry sells to everyone, both friend and foe, and the shareholders are worldwide. Ignoring that invites conflict based on profit. Letting oil dictate the global market also effects friend and foe on top of causing global warming, which is the only home our species has.
It is one thing to argue for more open societies, and I will always favor that. But that does not change that even in the west, we can and do have abuse of power.
