Speaking as a relative outsider to these happenings (I'm a white, middle class, young south african) these views expressed in this post especially are extremely US centric, espicially since the WTO is a global organisation.
I know that the unemployment rate in my country is something around the 40% area. HOWEVER most of the people are not employed in white collar jobs or even nice blue collar jobs, most of the employed work in shity jobs that they'd rather not be doing.
And before anyone blames Apartheid, I am very aware that the reason alot of the mess in the SA exists is because of it.
As to getting up and flying away if you don't like it - an air ticket to anywhere in the 'first world' is quiet often more than my entire pay cheque for the month , and i'm a well paid programmer.
Extremists piss you off ? South Africa has had its fair share of them, most of them are still in power, a different set to the last lot agreed but still extremeists, but the injustice to human rights that occured under Apartheit would never have been solved if not for the extremists.
The concept of global free trade scares me. I can only think of a few benefits to my country and many more detriments that it would bring with it.
In short the USA is NOT the world and please dont do the rest of us the injustice to consider that it is.
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Speaking as a relative outsider to these happenings (I'm a white, middle class, young south african) these views expressed in this post especially are extremely US centric, espicially since the WTO is a global organisation.
I know that the unemployment rate in my country is something around the 40% area. HOWEVER most of the people are not employed in white collar jobs or even nice blue collar jobs, most of the employed work in shity jobs that they'd rather not be doing.
And before anyone blames Apartheid, I am very aware that the reason alot of the mess in the SA exists is because of it.
As to getting up and flying away if you don't like it - an air ticket to anywhere in the 'first world' is quiet often more than my entire pay cheque for the month , and i'm a well paid programmer.
Extremists piss you off ? South Africa has had its fair share of them, most of them are still in power, a different set to the last lot agreed but still extremeists, but the injustice to human rights that occured under Apartheit would never have been solved if not for the extremists.
The concept of global free trade scares me. I can only think of a few benefits to my country and many more detriments that it would bring with it.
In short the USA is NOT the world and please dont do the rest of us the injustice to consider that it is.