It's more than just reducing the standard of living, I think. The scariest part of an industry shift like that is the "limbo" between moving the workforce applied to the moved industry into another useful segment of the economy. Auto workers can't learn overnight how to code, for example, so what do you do with them? Particularly people with families they need to support, who barely earned enough to save for a rainy, and are now too old to relearn how to work after 20 years in the same line of work?
If it happens to me, I'll probably be one of the lucky ones. I only have one mouth to feed, have managed to set some stuff aside, and have enough resources to move myself pretty easily in case I need to go to greener pastures, but not everyone is in the same league.
I know, I know, we should also think about those lucky ones in the country that is receiving the jobs, and in the long run we will all benefit from the larger market that will result and new industries that will come from people's necessity to make a living. I'm only pointing out the short term difficulties that most SOL people will have to live through.
Actually, Al Qaeda makes extensive use of many, many Western inventions: Internet, satellite phones, computers, weapons.
The terrorists are first and foremost a political organization, and like all political organization, say one thing do another. Religion is their mantra, but their aims are purely political.
Plus, when you think about it, it's not really like Vegans holding a sausage sizzle. It's more like using an enemy's weapon against them.
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It's more than just reducing the standard of living, I think. The scariest part of an industry shift like that is the "limbo" between moving the workforce applied to the moved industry into another useful segment of the economy. Auto workers can't learn overnight how to code, for example, so what do you do with them? Particularly people with families they need to support, who barely earned enough to save for a rainy, and are now too old to relearn how to work after 20 years in the same line of work?
If it happens to me, I'll probably be one of the lucky ones. I only have one mouth to feed, have managed to set some stuff aside, and have enough resources to move myself pretty easily in case I need to go to greener pastures, but not everyone is in the same league.
I know, I know, we should also think about those lucky ones in the country that is receiving the jobs, and in the long run we will all benefit from the larger market that will result and new industries that will come from people's necessity to make a living. I'm only pointing out the short term difficulties that most SOL people will have to live through.
Actually, Al Qaeda makes extensive use of many, many Western inventions: Internet, satellite phones, computers, weapons.
The terrorists are first and foremost a political organization, and like all political organization, say one thing do another. Religion is their mantra, but their aims are purely political.
Plus, when you think about it, it's not really like Vegans holding a sausage sizzle. It's more like using an enemy's weapon against them.
Duh!