Re: What moral attitude should we take toward Globalism?
I don't know why I'm doing this, but I'll bite.
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If trade between Iowa and California is good, then how can trade between Iowa and Spain be not good?
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When asked "what is jazz?" Louis Armstrong the great jazz musician said "If you gotta ask you can't know".
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He's basically asking: why is an American you don't know or have any relationship with more important than a non-American you don't know or have any relationship with?
Because one "is", and another "isn't", does not constitute a logical answer. We are programmed to empathize with our fellow American over "them", but I try to think that nationality is an anachronistic formality, rather than a utility to segregate. If somebody in another country is a moral person, and wishes to trade with me, so be it.
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