COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN BLACKLISTED NEWS
Sorry, I just do not agree that globalization is a failure.
Actually, it rather silly to use that expression because
true globalization is a natural phenomenon, not a conscious effort or policy
which is susceptible of failure.
Global interventionism is indeed a failure, one of the
fundamental failings of the establishment which has been rejected by American
voters.
And some free trade agreements may well be flawed. After
all, we do not have truly free trade, we have managed trade governed by
agreements.
But basic globalization is an inevitable step in the
evolution of our world, and this author and others have some confusion as to
what it means.
Where once, just a few centuries ago, goods traveled mainly
between nearby towns with poor wagons and poor roads, now they travel across
the globe. What makes globalization a reality is modern transport,
telecommunications, and computers. It is not going away, ever. That would be
the equivalent of saying we must stop technological progress, and that cannot
be done, except by war.
It must not be confused with free trade agreements. They are
not the same thing at all.
Globalization has made the world a richer place.
China and other Asian lands are all enjoying new prosperity.
American stores are packed with affordable, attractive goods
of every kind.
