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Thread #81545   Message #1496971
Posted By: robomatic
31-May-05 - 07:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: La France: Oui ou Non?
Subject: RE: BS: La France: Oui ou Non?
Ake:

If I may analogize from your comment, your vision of the current era of globalization is that in a kind of long term irony, we are being returned to a 'slash and burn' economy, where instead of hunter-gatherer farmers moving from one bountiful area to another, utilizing it to the full, then moving on, we now have large capital firms which can throw up factories in short order, ingratiate themselves with local governments, hire cheap labor, utilize inexpensive shipping and low trade barriers, and in the event of local opposition of any kind, either move on or threaten to move on?

Is this an accurate view of your perception of Globalization? And is this entirely 'bad'?