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| Will the Coronavirus Kill the New World Order? |
| 2020-03-13 |
| COVID-19 background: worst case, best case. [TownHall]...It may one day be said that the coronavirus delivered the deathblow to the New World Order, to a half-century of globalization, and to the era of interdependence of the world's great nations. Tourism, air travel, vacation cruises, international gatherings and festivals are already shutting down. Travel bans between countries and continents are being imposed. Conventions, concerts and sporting events are being canceled. Will the Tokyo Olympics go forward? If they do, will all the anticipated visitors from abroad come to Japan to enjoy the games? ...The ideological roots of our free trade era can be traced to the mid-19th century when its great evangelist, Richard Cobden, rose at Free Trade Hall in Manchester on Jan. 15, 1846, and rhapsodized: "I see in the Free Trade principle that which shall act on the moral world as the principle of gravitation in the universe -- drawing men together, thrusting aside the antagonism of race, and creed, and language, and uniting us in the bonds of eternal peace." In the pre-Trump era, Republicans held hands with liberal Democrats in embracing NAFTA, GATT, the WTO and most-favored-nation trade privileges for China. In retrospect, was it wise to have relied on China to produce essential parts for the supply chains of goods vital to our national security? Does it appear wise to have moved the production of pharmaceuticals and lifesaving drugs for heart disease, strokes and diabetes to China? Does it appear wise to have allowed China to develop a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals crucial to the development of weapons for our defense? In this coronavirus pandemic, people now seem to be looking for authoritative leaders and nations seem to be looking out for their own peoples first. Would Merkel, today, invite a million Syrian refugees into Germany no matter the conditions under which they were living in Syria and Turkey? Is not the case now conclusive that we made a historic mistake when we outsourced our economic independence to rely for vital necessities upon nations that have never had America's best interests at heart? Which rings truer today? We are all part of mankind, all citizens of the world. Or that it's time to put America and Americans first! |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #14 Agreed. And happening. Blew my mind when I learned almost all our vaccines are made in china. Makes me happy to see the shifting of supply chains and trade routes. That's a positive. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2020-03-13 23:22 |
| #13 Whatever happens with this administration, Trump has a place in history as the first president to call bullshit on, and put an end to, our insane 30-year policy of building up a global rival and creating an existential threat out of a corrupt Communist Party-led shithole. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-03-13 13:06 |
| #12 Why should only the left benefit from crises? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-13 12:00 |
| #11 Some adjustments need to be made. If coronavirus is the catalyst for change then maybe it's a good thing. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-03-13 11:36 |
| #10 😎 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-13 11:20 |
| #9 ^ Just posted that |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-03-13 11:18 |
| #8 China Hints At Denying Americans Life-Saving Coronavirus Drugs |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-13 11:16 |
| #7 Distributed systems are robust. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-13 10:55 |
| #6 We have never really had free trade. it's an ideal, a goal, but politicians being what they are someone always tries to game the system. Having said that is sort of common sense to not put all your eggs in one basket and that's what far too many did regarding China as a manufacturing source. And global plane travel and borders and such, well we've been in denial about a lot of things since Sept 11. That's what happens when you listen to people that actually hate everything about your culture. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-03-13 09:46 |
| #5 NWO and their thousand points of light. Corona Virus C = 3 V = 22 322 is the calling card of Skull and Bones. AKA Brotherhood of Death. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2020-03-13 09:44 |
| #4 @Herb McCoy Yep the "elites" (of narcissism) maximised the amount of rent-seeking in the west so they thought they could be even greedier if they got trade and migration subsidised. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-03-13 06:52 |
| #3 Once again... If you have progressive rent-seeking taxes on incomes and sales, these act exactly like internal tariffs. Countries with lower costs such as China will import jobs from the progressive economy. You can only have free trade between countries if you FIRST have free trade IN BOTH countries. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-03-13 06:46 |
| #2 Was it wise? Of course not. But our elites made a killing off it. That's why we did it. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2020-03-13 06:05 |
| #1 In retrospect, was it wise to have relied on China to produce essential parts for the supply chains of goods vital to our national security? Wise? Yes of course, if you wish to exploit cheap labor for massive profits and gain. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-03-13 05:15 |