04-30-2020, 12:51 PM
(04-30-2020, 12:02 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(04-30-2020, 11:44 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-30-2020, 11:28 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: Eric, the key marker of neoliberals is that they favor globalism. That's much more the Democrats than the Republicans at present.
I doubt that. Yes, the most vocal Republicans are acting all protectionist, but the business community (overwhelming Republican) likes the cheap labor and the ability to arbitrage everything. I don't see that being thrown away just because DJT is President. At most, he'll be gone in 4 and half years. The business vultures are here for the duration, unless the Democrats defang them.
Immigration restriction, which like protectionism is anathema to globalists, became a Republican issue before Trump, as early as 2010. Democrats are very much on the side of neoliberal globalists there. I agree there are both Republicans and Democrats who oppose the trade wars, but in the case of the Republicans, it's not at all clear they will last 4.5 years.
When I see an end to the guest worker program and H-1B visas, I'll believe that the business community is anti-immigration. Americans don't pick crops, slaughter hogs or pack seafood. Until that changes, guest workers will always be miraculously exempt from the limitations we place on "others". We might be seeing a modification to the global supply chain (which was an overblown idea from day one), but I doubt we'll be returning all those jobs to the US -- unless they are automated into non-existence. The same applies to the agricultural work.
And let's admit it: H-1B visas are legalized pseudo-slavery. The visas are owned by the companies doing the hiring. If the person benefitting from a visa complains too much, he or she is merely replaced by a more compliant alternative. If we really need all these educated folks that badly, hand out Green Cards and keep the playing field even for all -- migrant and native.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.