Comment by pif
11 days ago
> We have all benefitted from globalization immensely but we don’t have neighbors, families or friends that have been destroyed by it.
Blue collar workers were the first to push for globalization, because they suddenly could afford a lifestyle that used to require the salary corresponding to a couple of steps upper in the corporate ladder. A blue collar salary suddenly could provide for many more amenities... til the salary was no more!
Everyone wants manufacturing back, but only for the products they can produce, because everyone still wants to buy at Chinese prices.
Furthermore, the regulations that most stand in the way of cheap manufacturing are environmental regulations, and good luck with that! We have got used to breathe clean air, and I feel most people still love clean air more than they hate globalization.
Blue collar workers never pushed for globalization because they knew exactly what would happen, they would lose their jobs and they did.
The irony now about Chinese goods is that those of us that can afford it avoid them as much as possible. I check every product that I buy on Amazon to make sure they aren’t made in China because they could be sending me poisoned goods.
> Blue collar workers never pushed for globalization
Maybe they didn't with their words, but they surely did with their money!
Yep! Those stupid blue collar workers buying cheap shit from Walmart because they couldn't afford to shop anywhere else, it's their fault their jobs were outsourced.
The jobs left first, then the blue collar workers bought stuff from Walmart.
Now you have the middle class who used to deride that cheap shit hooked on it, talking about how they can get next day from Amazon, Temu and Ali.
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