Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To   : phigan
From : Boraxman
Date : Tue May 20 2025 08:25 am

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ph>   Re: Re: Most memorable modern
ph>   By: Boraxman to phigan on
ph> Mon May 19 2025 08:10 am

>  ph> economic ones first. You can grow
>  ph> bananas better than me and I can grow
>  ph> peppers better than you. There's no
>  ph> reason we can't work together from
>  ph> afar.
>
> I think this is the vision, and the purpose is to destroy what makes us huma
> and unique, and create a humanity which is just nothing more than a herd

ph> Wat? It's the exact opposite. If you can grow the best bananas, you are
ph> unique, and we all benefit from your unique quality by letting you grow
ph> all the bananas.

Thats the theory.

The actual PRACTICE is quite different.  In PRACTICE you open your market so I
can gain a competitive advantage over you.  Did you open yourself up to free
movement of people?  I can colonise you!  Did you open yourself up to buying
our
electronics?  We can use them as leverage over you.


You need some national self reliance.  Australia has turned to crap because of
these principles.  We now only export dirt and "education" (which really means
just having foriegn students come in by the plane load and change our city).
In
return, we're reliant on China for electronics and clothing and are losing the
ability to manufacture things ourselves.  God help us if we go to war with
China.


If my country grows banana's only, then that will be the only skill we'll have,
and we'll lose the ability to do other things, like you know, make our own
construction materials and cars and clothes.  The end result is not good.  You
become a banana republic!


... BoraxMan
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