| > ...but we are not talking about millions of refugees that change the social fabric altogether. That is exactly what people are talking about. [1-5] > Globalization has been going on for decades now and things do seem to have improved for many. Why now? Things have improved for some, generally in different countries than the places where things have gotten much worse. See the decline of middle America. Add an elite class who's comfortable with and encourages income inequality [6], and you get lots of anger and backlash. Especially if you only call the people with complaints about globalization ignorant and racist for caring about their own self interest. 1. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445237/sweden-crime-ra... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grenade_attacks_in_Swe... 3. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2523332/migrants-sexually-assa... 4. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/eight-iraqi-migrants... 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Zk3TUNRBs 6. http://paulgraham.com/ineq.html |