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Originally Posted by Arty Outsourcing is good for your economy, and most politicians know it. Protectionist rabble-rousing is just shameless populism. Don't fall for it. |
It's good for the economy because it's good for big business. It's not good for the American people, like several of my friends, who have joined the ranks of the unemployed because big companies are laying off their American workforces in favor of outsourcing the jobs to places like India, where they can pay a pittance for the work. I'm not
falling for anything, I'm basing my opinion upon actual, direct impact of corporate outsourcing.
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This is primarily the problem that I have with nationalism - it uses something illogical but powerful to remove the need for proper reasoning. Things have their own intrinsic value, and that shouldn't be obscured by nationalism, which claims that your own nation and its products/ideas etc have value because of where they are from rather than what they are.
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My reasoning is quite sound, thank you. We are a nation. We have borders, language, and culture, as does any nation. It's not where we are, it's who we are. National pride is not a bad thing. It's better than the waves of apathy rippling across this country causing low voter turnout year after year. It's better than constant partisan squabbling and fraternizing which hinders the political process.