Globalization!!!!!!!!!!!!

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by taboga, Jan 22, 2008.

  1. taboga

    taboga Member

    Dec 17, 2005
  2. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Funny. I'm getting mad jobs from overseas. Ain't that weird how the world works.
     
  3. YankHibee

    YankHibee Member+

    Mar 28, 2005
    indianapolis

    He must've changed fundamentally that you no longer know him. Damn furriners.
     
  4. Norsk Troll

    Norsk Troll Member+

    Sep 7, 2000
    Central NJ
    I'd like to get a job in certain foreign countries.

    Especially if Huckabee gets elected.
     
  5. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    John McCain says there's nothing that can be done about it.

    My suggestion if he's elected: Heavy drinking.
     
  6. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA

    If you lost your job to a foreigner like this guy did, you wouldn't be laughing.
     
  7. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I can't lose my job to a foriegner. Unless I fire myself.
     
  8. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA

    If you did, you'd learn a hell of a lot about what bullsh!t you were taught in economics from these so-called economic geniuses who say all free trade is good no matter what the consequences.

    Like rock beats scissors, experience in the real world beats school.
     
  9. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My appologies for taking so long to answer. I was on a call with a client in Colombia :D
     
  10. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    We're both lucky. With the falling $ foreigners will buy more from us (good for you) and stay out of this country (good for me).
    :cool:
     
  11. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you sure? Nearly every tourist in Manhattan right now has an accent.
     
  12. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA

    Touring is fine. Just go home.
     
  13. saosebastiao

    saosebastiao New Member

    May 22, 2005
    Globalization is freakin awesome!
     
  14. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, I won't say globalization is awesome, but power to the global economy. It keeps the price of my food and clothing down. It means I can buy reasonable looking furnature on the cheap.

    Now, if only some of those counties who are really benefiting from globalization would make better environmental policy, then globalization would be awesome.
     
  15. Mel Brennan

    Mel Brennan PLANITARCHIS' BANE

    Paris Saint Germain
    United States
    Apr 8, 2002
    Baltimore
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What kind of globalization?
     
  16. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No kidding. In the past week, I've eaten sushi, watched an Algerian movie and a few soccer matches, and my house is now worth a little bit more money because my HOA was able to make some improvements to the common areas with cheap day labor--immigrants, I believe.
     
  17. Norsk Troll

    Norsk Troll Member+

    Sep 7, 2000
    Central NJ
    ... and will die from mercury poisoning before your job can be off-shored.
     
  18. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    You make my point that we're a consuming, and not making, economy. You're not adding anything to the economy that post of yours, you're just taking.
     
  19. BenReilly

    BenReilly New Member

    Apr 8, 2002
    I wouldn't mind making a trade, actually.
     
  20. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is under the view that we all work in factories (or such) and everybody produces something. But the global economy has changed that. We, in the US and Western Europe, are becoming more managers and administrators. How many CEOs actually produce something?
     
  21. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    Obviously given your fondness for the world, you're a better candidate than I.
     
  22. BudWiser

    BudWiser New Member

    Jul 17, 2000
    Falls Church, VA

    Yeah for now, but you have to understand the trend.

    Eventually the managers and CEOs are going to get cut.

    It works like this-first, the low-level work gets done overseas. The low-level work has to be managed by Americans because it's the first time.

    But then, once the workers get used to what they're doing, there's NO REASON why they need American CEOs and managers anymore. They can recruit from the lower level workers and locally. They now have the expertise, know-how.

    That's why, for example, at first in Info Tech outsourcing went to cheap labor. Now, the places where the cheap labor is, are suddenly booming. New companies, new managers, no need for the US anymore.

    For example, car parts are made in Mexico. At first, you need the US to manage the factory. Eventually though, it can all be done in Mexico. Absolutely no need for the US, we just import.
     
  23. Double Jay

    Double Jay New Member

    Jan 21, 2008
    Bucharest
    Maybe this guy

    1. Was inept for his job or, at the very least, did a worse job then the foreigner would

    or

    2. Was asking for a bigger salary then his job required. If that was the case a salary cut wouldn't have got him fired.
     
  24. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, I'm making the point that globalization has made all kinds of things available to me which weren't available to my parents. It was a bit of a silly comment, but so was the original complaint IMHO.
     
  25. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    IMO New Zealanders must be some of the most "globalised' people in the world


    A bunch of expat english and scots, we nearly killed off our pesky indigenous types, then 25% of the population decided not to live in New Zealand - preferring to go on the dole in Australia, or cheat lazy poms out of jobs :D

    Meanwhile our country has been overrun by filthy asians with their asian crime and bad driving :D
     

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