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[SamuelRSmith]

Slimebeast said:

SamuelRSmith said:
Globalisation has really helped some countries. I mean, look at South Korea, globalisation really pulled that through to being one of the nicest countries in Asia to live in. And what it's currently doing to China and India is nothing short of amazing.

However, I don't think it's sunshine and skittles everywhere. Take Indonesia, for example, many of the rights of Indonesian people have been removed to allow for firms to cheaply operate in the country. Mind you, Indonesia has been the Western world's pissing ground since the days of Empires.

But what's the alternative? That Indonesia would be stuck on the same level with Vietmom, Kambodja and Laos? That would be even worse.

I don't think there is an alternative, I believe that globalisation is the best way forward. But like everything else, there are problems.

As for Indonesia, that was fucked up by the European Empires coming in and sucking out all its resources, we then had the socialist genocides a few decades ago led by the Brits and the Americans, where a new Government was installed that would let our firms come in and exploit the drained Indonesians.

I just think we should give them a break.

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My views on globalisation is pretty much "rough first, then smooth" - conditions will get better in these countries over the next 20 and 30 years, and who knows, by 2050 much of the far-East could have similar standards of living to some of the European countries.