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[weikel]

The left-leaning European Union commissioned a study on the effects of globalization and the results are in. But I'll bet you won't hear those results from the EU, or from the assorted radicals, socialists, and kook-pots that comprise the anti-globalization movement.

The study found that with the lifting of trade barriers and lower tariffs - think lower taxes when you hear that - the world has experienced economic growth. While critics of globalization complain that poor nations are being hurt, the opposite has occurred. The report found, "The proportion of the world's population in absolute poverty is now lower than it has ever been."

The truth is that when critics complain that globalization is hurting the world's poor, their real target is American companies. The anti-globalism movement is actually an anti-capitalism movement, pure and simple, just like everything else out of the European Union and the United Nations.

Now the EU report does describe an increase in wealth inequality between the richest and poorest countries, but, and this is important, they found it was primarily due to economic stagnation in Africa, which is a result of non-economic factors. Let me translate for you: The problem is not due to an unequal distribution of wealth, but to an unequal distribution of capitalism and freedom across the African continent.

Well guess what? Now that the results are in, the very people who commissioned the study, the European Union, are unhappy. It's like the World Health Organization when they found out that second hand smoke doesn't cause cancer - they supressed it. Well the EU deem the findings controversial. The truth is always controversial when liberals can't face it.

[weikel]

Megadittos.

[DB]

To be more exact they are against free markets and the owning of capital.

They want to regulate everything to the smallest of detail and spread others capital around to make everything "equal".

[gr8eman]

Gasoline here in Germany is 4 bucks a gallon and diesel $3! How can a young entrepreneur afford to start a business with costs like that from the get go?! The socialist system benefits the rich and keeps the poor on the outside. I wonder why you never hear the libs in the U.S. bitching about that?

[William Terrell]

But I'll bet you won't hear those results from the EU, or from the assorted radicals, socialists, and kook-pots that comprise the anti-globalization movement.

So then, all you conservatives, proponents of republican government and rational people must be for globalization, right?

[weikel]

Trade not a one world government or 3rd world immigration.

[William Terrell]

In all the articles I read with almost this identical wording makes no distinction between just trade and general globalization. The common reader has been given to believe that "globalization" is relaxing of national boundries, world police, treaties on child rights and abortion rights, sustainable development, world court system, ad nauseum in addition to trade.

The terms "global trade" or "free trade" is not used, just the all inclusive term "globalization". I suspect this is an intentional effort to associate the position against real globalization with extreme elements with the implication that I mentioned in my last post.

I would be happy to be wrong.

[weikel]

So are you saying Rush favors the ICC the UN etc?

[William Terrell]

I'm not sure that I would use Limbaugh as a benchmark for anything. He's just one man with opinions. I prefer my own. However, if he refers to "anti-globalizaton" in reference to extremists when he means world trade, I suspect him, too.

Talk is cheap.

[weikel]

I prefer my own too I just nearly always agree with him. I never have really listened to a full Limbaugh radio show but the little bits from his website well whats there Ive only disagreed once.

Im one of the few pro cloning people on FR I tend to think if other countries clone their best people and we have the same old dumbasses we are at a real disadvantage so I disagreed with Maha Rushdie about that.