Why should I feel sympathy for those in the West? [View All]

[fujiyama]

Everyday there's a new post complaining about how outsourcing is responsible for the loss of their job, or how they feel like "foreigners are taking their jobs". It's really surprising how similar it is to freeper sentiments. Honestly, some of it is exactly the same.

Now, I understand that most on DU atleast actually simply are upset that they've lost their job and they know where the blame lies -- at the corporations looking to save a buck. I don't blame such people being upset.

However, I am annoyed when people blame foreign governments for attracting foreign investment and capital. These nations are simply trying to raise their standard of living. I didn't know that was so wrong. According to many in the US (and Europe as well), it seems as though only they themselves deserve the highest standards of living and those living in Asia and Africa can go to hell.

I don't hear nearly the same level of resentment at ridiculous farm subsisidies driving down world agriculture prices, which is one of prime reasons for African poverty. At the same time, there are some on this board that claim to have concern for those living in poverty around the world, yet they are most feverishly opposed to any form of globalization.

It's quite obvious that foreign aid and handouts by themselves won't save nations from poverty. Blank checks to NGOs won't solve the problem, and as unequal and frustrating as the world of capitalism and globalization is, I don't see how we can get out of it (though I definetely agree it needs to be reformed).

The US is ruled by a madman. I hope we can all agree to that. However, most Americans have accepted him as the legitimate leader and have supported his immoral and unjustified war in Iraq. With this being the case why should people in other nations care that Americans are losing jobs? It seems to be "reaping what they sowed", economically. And I'm one of those people that absolutely disagreed with the "chickens coming home to roost" comments around 9/11 because NOTHING justified such barbarism and savagry and the murder of innocent civilians.

I still can't help but feeling that most people, especially if they live in red states, are getting WHAT THEY DESERVE (losing health benefits, their job, etc) for voting for Bush. This nation had an offer to elect a decent person like Al Gore, and so many states decided against that. Any other nation would have (and interviews all over Europe and Asia have proven this) voted for Gore, and would vote against someone like Bush.

Also, Britains are also getting their work outsourced. Of all the nations on earth, why should I have sympathy for them? They colonized nations the world over by exploitation and by outsourcing jobs from India, and now somehow people should care about their jobs outsourced?

Outsourcing is something only Americans and other people from already wealthy nations need to worry about. They've profitted from a corrupt system so long, but now that people from "colored" nations are profitting it's evil and wrong.

This nation should be ashamed.