> > Even if deglobalization were a great idea, then the execution is haphazard, incompetent, rushed.
> Doesn't this apply to globalization as well? Saying "learn to code" to people who lose their jobs due to globalization is not great execution either and sets the stage for backlash.
Globalization, or more loosely, more and more people or societies trading with each other over greater distances and competing at who does something best, has been a steady trend over the centuries and a force for good.
While an individual could get caught off guard one morning when their job is gone, when you zoom out the megatrends are slow but forceful and you can foresee a lot of the big picture. It is also easy to conflate "globalization" caused my job loss with "automation" caused my job loss.
The current deglobalization efforts, by contrast, have been haphazard, incompetent, rushed.
Unfortunately, deglobalization-by-edict is not going to bring jobs or industry back, it's just going to make things more expensive and inefficient to build. China has entire cities that are laid out like a giant assembly line, with raw materials inland, manufacturing and assembly midway, and final packaging and shipping at the coasts. Plus a skilled workforce trained to make it all work. We're not going to replicate this in Detroit or Houston.
I'm sure it's just automation that replaced a lot of the manufacturing jobs in the US with foreign workers earning less in a month than US workers earned in a day.
> Doesn't this apply to globalization as well? Saying "learn to code" to people who lose their jobs due to globalization is not great execution either and sets the stage for backlash.
Globalization, or more loosely, more and more people or societies trading with each other over greater distances and competing at who does something best, has been a steady trend over the centuries and a force for good.
While an individual could get caught off guard one morning when their job is gone, when you zoom out the megatrends are slow but forceful and you can foresee a lot of the big picture. It is also easy to conflate "globalization" caused my job loss with "automation" caused my job loss.
The current deglobalization efforts, by contrast, have been haphazard, incompetent, rushed.