Isn't globalization akin to socialism?

Question

We are funnelling our money out of our country, and into third world countries, via outsourcing jobs, illegal immmigration and international trade. This is turning us into a third world nation quickly. To attempt to equalize the wealth of other countries to us by taking money away from us and giving it to the poor countries is similar to socialism, right? Am I missing something?

Afro-justice, it was a question. It seems like it is to me, and I was asking the opinion of others who may know more about this than me.

Answer 1

Oh yeah. Karl Marx loved the idea of globalization via free trade....

From my link....

"Karl Marx advocated Free Trade, i.e. Capitalism, because (a) whereas Protection builds up the nation-state, Free Trade breaks it down, as a prelude to the creation of a world-state by the Capitalists (b) Free Trade breaks down traditional culture, as a prelude to the creation of a world culture (c) Free Trade exacerbates class warfare, and through this the Capitalists will lose control of the world-state - they will be defeated by the impoverished classes, with the help of their backers in the higher classes."

Check out his address delivered to the Democratic association of Brussels, Belgium, on January 9, 1848 at this site.

"But, generally speaking, the Protective system in these days is conservative, while the Free Trade system works destructively. It breaks up old nationalities and carries antagonism of proletariat and bourgeoisie to the uttermost point. In a word, the Free Trade system hastens the Social Revolution. In this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, I am in favor of Free Trade"- Karl Marx

Answer 2

Barack Obama most definitely wants to tell "YOU" how much you should earn! He has publically stated that: He wants to "limit management compensation to 50 times the lowest-paid full-time worker." That means that he wants to tell a publically traded company, or a privately owned company, how much they should earn. You would not be able to set your own salary as the boss or an owner of a company. To put this in prospective, in his own state of IL the minimum wage is now listed at $7.75 an hour. That means that the CEO of MacDonold's would only be allowed to make $806,000.00 a year including all bonus' etc. While that sounds like alot of money on the surface, comparing to what he makes today, 3.9 million, that would mean that he would have to give up over 3 million a year under Obama Presidency and the company/shareholders of the co would have no say about it. So what if that was you that became successful and now the government says you can't have a large salary, even if the company you are running is successful and the share holders want to pay you that much? The government says no. Capitalism is the American dream - the hope that anyone can make it here with hard work. Why should he want to take that freedom from us? Especially if someone is doing a good job?

Answer 3

Globalization is what our big corporations do now. Its basically capitalist in nature. A good bit of social amenities must be structured in so we don't have our companies running rough shod over all of us. If we do go the Global path we must insure against abysmal working conditions like the children tieing rugs in India and the like. Globalization will not bring together a common value system.

Answer 4

Globalization is not socialism. Socialism involves the government controlling all the resources and telling the people what to do. Globalization is the method that Corporatism uses to extend it's power beyond borders.

Corporatism is essentially the control of resources by a few elite corporations (i.e. monopoly) with the aid of the government sponsorship and subsidies. Corporatism is essentially a euphamism for facism.

Answer 5

Ahhhh...No.

Socialism means business is under government control.

Globalization would tend to reduce any one governments control, so it's more akin to Capitalism where business is under private control.

EQUALIZING wealth by GIVING it to poor countries would indeed be Global Socialism. BUT that's not what's happening.

If a poor country gets jobs because they are willing to do those jobs at a better rate - and companies under private control are able to choose that rate...that's Capitalism.

Socialism is where the Government tells everyone what they can charge and who they can do business with.

Personally I think we (Americans) need to concentrate on winning the global competition, not whining about it.

Answer 6

Not at all. The aim (at least in theory) of socialism is to benefit society as a whole while the aim of globalization is to more effectively enrich those at the top of the economic ladder. Of course, in practice, all economic systems seem to end up this way.

Answer 7

Multinational cos. are getting the work done at a lesser cost through highly technical manpower of Asian countries(BPO).Although some amt. of money is coming to thirdworld out of remuneration of the tech. manpower, bulk of the amount is saved by multinationals.It only helps in employment of tech. manpower of third world countries. But it no way equalise the wealth. On the contrary you will become reacher by getting quality service at a lesser price!!

Answer 8

Yes it is.. but seeing that it is the child of the Capitalists who want to enslave all of us with cheap labor, uniformed behavior, freedom restricting laws it is OK by the Yahoo Lemmings who cannot see farther than the next cliff drop...

excellent observation, because the uneducated masses are prepared to give away their freedoms for an illusion of security.......

Time to WAKE UP America......

Answer 9

You know, that is exactly what I have been thinking. I would sincerely like to know the difference. We are raping the worlds resources and in the process making everyone poor, while the rich get richer. Either you have money or you are scrimping to give money to the people who want MORE money.

Answer 10

Of course... When both side of side of politics demand 'sacrifices' - whether at home or abroad - whether its a sacrifice of money in welfare programmes or your very life in a liberation or 'regime change' programme, or both - it is a socialist doing the demanding.