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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Wait, so you know what it's like to live in a ****hole country, had the resources/good luck to be able to get to a country with a better standard of living, and now your stance is that we shouldn't be willing to accept any decline in our own standard of living to help increase it for other counries?
That is the most FYGM response I've ever seen.
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China and India does not need piddly Canada's charity to succeed. They are countries full of smart and industrious people, sophisticated industries, and they are already growing at a massive pace (and in many ways have already passed us). Asia is taking over from the West whether we like it or not...we are just becoming a willing speed bump. I'm all for free and fair competition, but do you really think that we are on the same level when it comes to human rights, environmental standards, political freedoms as China?
I think you underestimate the hardship that can come to a places without work. Just travel to any region in America that used to have a manufacturing base, and see what the results can turn into.
But you're damn right. When it comes to priorities, my family, my neighbours, and my fellow citizens will always come first. I bet you that's exactly how the guy in China and India and Russia thinks too.