Comments on: Work, Globalization, and Civilization http://blog.acton.org/archives/17724-work-globalization-and-civilization.html "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joseph Sunde http://blog.acton.org/archives/17724-work-globalization-and-civilization.html#comment-10710 Joseph Sunde Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:04:57 +0000 http://blog.acton.org/?p=17724#comment-10710 I often hear anti-globalization arguments come from Americans who claim that this-or-that country is taking our jobs, etc. This is ironic, because it often comes from the same people who claim a monopoly on compassion for the poor. It's almost as if globalization shows the redistributionist spirit for what it is — concerned more with control than alleviating poverty. I see this particularly in my own job, which is rapidly outsourcing jobs overseas. My coworkers are duly upset and panicked (indeed, it's hard not to be), but the arguments often include a disdain toward those in other [primarily impoverished] countries (and our company's executives, of course). It seems that these self-proclaimed exhibitors of selflessness become entirely selfish when it comes to their job and their paycheck. What happened to their compassion for that person in the third-world who is now able to work for a (presumably) better wage thanks to their "sacrifice"? I often hear anti-globalization arguments come from Americans who claim that this-or-that country is taking our jobs, etc. This is ironic, because it often comes from the same people who claim a monopoly on compassion for the poor.

It’s almost as if globalization shows the redistributionist spirit for what it is — concerned more with control than alleviating poverty.

I see this particularly in my own job, which is rapidly outsourcing jobs overseas. My coworkers are duly upset and panicked (indeed, it’s hard not to be), but the arguments often include a disdain toward those in other [primarily impoverished] countries (and our company’s executives, of course).

It seems that these self-proclaimed exhibitors of selflessness become entirely selfish when it comes to their job and their paycheck. What happened to their compassion for that person in the third-world who is now able to work for a (presumably) better wage thanks to their “sacrifice”?

]]> By: Roger McKinney http://blog.acton.org/archives/17724-work-globalization-and-civilization.html#comment-10708 Roger McKinney Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:25:00 +0000 http://blog.acton.org/?p=17724#comment-10708 I could sympathize with Junge if I thought he really cared about the poor, but he doesn't. If he really cared about the poor, he would promote the methods that have lifted hundreds of millions of Asians from the worst poverty to relative prosperity - freer markets. People like Junge are simply dishonest. They couldn't care less about the poor. They simply want to promote their socialist agenda. I could sympathize with Junge if I thought he really cared about the poor, but he doesn’t. If he really cared about the poor, he would promote the methods that have lifted hundreds of millions of Asians from the worst poverty to relative prosperity – freer markets. People like Junge are simply dishonest. They couldn’t care less about the poor. They simply want to promote their socialist agenda.

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