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Comment by nsonha | Hacker News Reader

I dont think this is the only perspective. Without those outsourced industries, the economies of those countries might be worse off and people might have better air and water but face poverty, umemployment and other crises. It'll be better for the West to bring back jobs no doubt.

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Could we say the same about Africans in the slave trade? I’m not sure because I don’t know history but I would hazard a guess that one could.

I'm not talking about slave trade

Countries that have a significant outsourcing footprint, do you think they do it because they're foolish/greedy? if it is so bad for them? There is a pressure especially in overpopulated nations to create jobs and the local economy is not mature enough to create enough jobs nor value to pay well.

Or they do it because local officials are bribed or powerless

or both, why do things have to be either black or white?

If you ever lived in Russia, you'd realise that its entirely resolved by bribes, not national interest

I don’t understand the downvotes to your comment. It is a valid alternative perspective.

The downvotes show how little the HN audience knows about economics and geopolitics, making dumbass statements like

> Modern life is pretty damn great but let's not kid ourselves that it's basically theft from the poor and the young.

The funny thing is most people having this view have not lived in a developing country. Yet they feel that they know what's best for us.

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