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In reply to the discussion: Stick a fork in it. We're done. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)12. WellI recall the statistic that Americans as %5 of the population were using 30% of the world's reso
resources. Environmentalists thought that a bad thing - something Americans should feel guilty about. So it is not that simply as issue. Maybe as a nation we should lower our standards so the third world can do better - what is it about third world people that they must live in squalor so we can live in relative luxury (people are often desperate to migrate here, remember that).
Of course a specific person will say "my job is lost for it" but the Chinese guy could say "why should I remain in third world poverty so that some American can keep a nice job?"
Maybe some of it should come at our expense. We are like the 1% in world terms.
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The heat is on high, but we ain't dead yet...OWS is working on changing the dynamic.
AnOhioan
Dec 2011
#7
No what'll happen is that the Chinese will want more stuff as they make more money
treestar
Dec 2011
#8
I also said we need to deal with unfair competition of which China is clearly guilty
badtoworse
Dec 2011
#32
What needs to be noted is that the playing field is defined by law and trade agreements.
PETRUS
Dec 2011
#26
China is facing some major looming impediments to its "competitiveness" over the long term
markpkessinger
Dec 2011
#18
WellI recall the statistic that Americans as %5 of the population were using 30% of the world's reso
treestar
Dec 2011
#12
"Maybe as a nation we should lower our standards"? I should make a poster of that.
Zalatix
Dec 2011
#15
Like I said, "Maybe as a nation we should lower our standards" should be a poster.
Zalatix
Dec 2011
#41
What RW terminology? Defending outsourcing is what the US Chamber of Commerce does.
Zalatix
Jan 2012
#59
Here's a hint. If know one recognizes that you are being sarcistic then you fail.
rhett o rick
Jan 2012
#62
Yah gotta love it. You are trying sooo hard to sound like a Democrat but just
rhett o rick
Jan 2012
#56
This sounds like the post of a twenty-something ultra-liberal who still buys into the Big Meme
MjolnirTime
Dec 2011
#13
"Well that's great, that's just fucking great, man! Now what the fuck are we supposed to do?!"
Ikonoklast
Dec 2011
#17