Reply #41: Great points [View All]

What people defending globalization fail to realize is that the whole thing was, and is, predicated on the U.S. market. Right or wrong, that's the way it is. When we stopped being able to buy stuff because the housing bubble burst (what was keeping the economy barely afloat since our wages weren't rising) the whole world shut down. Yes, it's a sick parasitic system but killing off the host isn't going to save it.

Also, the people who are quick to lob accusations of racism at those of us who criticize globalization really ought to check their own elitist, colonialist, and frankly racist attitudes. They can start by remembering that ALL racial and ethnic stereotypes are demeaning, even so-called "positive" ones.