I refuse to read this article but I will go fishing through the comments for some second-hand brainworms.

Mitch intends to turn America into the Paper Tiger that Mao once said it was.

:yes-comm:

Lots of comments about the exploitation of labor due to globalization. But without those jobs that exploit them, what would they be doing and would they be better off?

:gulag:

The result eventually is a dystopia that is manifested in many movies over many years.  Just consider this one movie: Blade Runner.

You missed your mark with Blade Runner. Earth in that context was the Old World from which people with ambition, talent, and resources emigrated. Those stuck on Earth were those who were either replicants or natural borns who couldn't hack it off-world. Globalization was the secret sauce that got humanity into the galaxy so they could witness attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion and C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.

This guy thinks Elon Musk is going to live on the Mars colony voluntarily.

Globalization is so good that we should nationalize it

:bugs-stalin:

Globalization, unlike war, actually helps populations in the long run.

:yea: