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Originally Posted by JavaBlack
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135380
I've made no secret about the fact that this guy is one of my favorite pundits. Perhaps his look at things here is a little rose-colored... but amidst all the fear and lunacy coming from the left and right I find it sobering.
The best thing is that this will anger both protectionist left-wingers and hawkish conservatives, two groups invested in thinking that the world is currently in a state of unimaginable horror- albeit for different reasons.
Of course both of these groups are heavily invested in fearing globalization for very different reason... a phenomenon which has its flaws (often major ones) but has overall been contributing to more freedom and wellbeing for more people in more places more of the time.
So take a small breather and enjoy (maybe when I feel like taking a long breather I'll get the book)... then we can go back to our usual catastrophism!
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I only skimmed through the first page, particularly the part about donald trump... why does the profit of india have to be looked at as a zero sum gain? the beauty of indian billionaires is that there are now more billionaires. besides, we still have the most billionaires. we have the largest army, we're winning a war, and even though our economy is in the crapper, we've only got 5% unemployment. I'm not sure if that makes me "sober" or not, but that's how I see it.
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It doesn't matter who we elect, it doesn't matter what they've done or who they've done, what is important is what they actually do. Too many politicians are politicians - they like to talk about useless issues and keep people in the dark about the real issue: money. I will always care more about what the government tells me I have to spend my money on, opposed to some unborn assassination. Freedom is the right to chose, on everything.
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