tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post2715510194664623282..comments2023-12-25T03:12:03.872-05:00Comments on Hootsbuddy's Place: Let Them Eat DirtHootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-74342511603342999522008-04-12T05:58:00.000-05:002008-04-12T05:58:00.000-05:00This comment probably represents the majority of A...This comment probably represents the majority of Americans. It is foolish to dismiss isolationist thinking but I don't have the words to change the mindset. <BR/><BR/>Globalization is neither failed nor successful. It is like gravity or radio waves. It simply IS. <BR/><BR/>The question is: What is meant by the word "we"? If isolationism and national borders are the bright line, that "we" will include all the criminals we have in the world's largest prison population, all those crazy people from the "other party" (whichever one that is) who have failed the patriotism test, and a vast number of unemployed people because the rest of the world will stop buying our goods and services. <BR/><BR/>Sorry, I don't accept isolationism as the remedy.Hootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-8757248207394320842008-04-12T03:31:00.000-05:002008-04-12T03:31:00.000-05:00As far as "globalisation" is concern, It FAILED.Th...As far as "globalisation" is concern, It FAILED.<BR/><BR/>The only solution is to shut our borders and BUY LOCAL.<BR/><BR/>Avoid imports at all cost. Which most of the cost is affected by the price of oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com