I think the internet has slowed America's political decline. There are two disctinct political groups in America: Those that are ignorant of current events and apathetic because of it and those that are well informed and very concerned about the political process. Because of the internet I have found that the gap between these two groups has gotten much smaller.
I answered your silly question. I said that innovation which will come about through America's superior legal, capital and employment structures will save us as it's done before. The liberals are too shortsighted to envision the future. They see a zero-sum pie than simply loses when a job goes overseas. That's an ignorant view.
So, envision the future for we the shortsighted. What will the innovation be this time around? More jobs in the legal field to represent indicted Republican Congressmen? A new way to mass produce fast food? Do tell!
Outsourcing and globalization are going to happen and nothing is going to stop it. The only questions are how it is done and how fast. Think of this. How many Indians in the US are dying to go back to India? The Indian economy is booming. Even though salaries are 20% of what they are here, that is enough to provide for a high quality of life in India. In India, they are also closer to their family and the culture with which they grew up and are comfortable.
There are way more coming here everyday than are going back. The quality of life there compared to here is still night and day. India's a freaking dump.
Actually, it is a very common practice to do the following: Oldest brother in an Indian family raises enough money with the help of family to come to America. He gets a job that you commonly see Indians doing (gas station worker, convenience stote, etc.) and lives like a pauper here. [It should be noted that a pauper in the US is still better than his life was probably like in India.] He saves like a madman until he get s around 60-80 thousand dollars. (Single person, living with only the bare essentials and working like mad, it doesn't take as long as you might think, maybe 5-6 years.) He then takes his money, transfers it back to India and lives like a king. The next brother follows suit. The owner of an Indian restaurant told me this. He was brother number 5. He was 2 years out from going back.
No Worries, you might be surprised. India had an ancient, rich, and vibrant culture. That a native of India might like to return home, with what is a fortune to average Indians, doesn't surprise me at all. Nice post, Mulder. I was lucky enough to spend some months in India, and it is a facinating country. Keep D&D Civil.
Agree, many are returning home, my friend who lives in Dehli says its becoming increasingly common to see returning British & Canadian & American Indians; likewise one of the doctors that my mom worked with just moved back to Tamil Nadu -- living standards in many parts of India have now changed to allow this.
Nah, liberals have been saying this since the 1970's. This year they said it through movies. Crash- America is racist Brokeback Mountain- America hates gay people Goodnight and Good Luck- America's government is suppressing free speach Syriana- The CIA controls everything
Wow. I just had a very eye opening comment come from a Black friend of mine. He said "White America is on the downswing, Black America is on the upswing." I asked him to explain. He said that White Amercian culture peaked in the 1960's. John Kennedy. Moon landing. Peace Movement. Etc. From then on out, white culture has been slowly copying more and more of black culture. Now it is completely obvious. Black culture sets the trends and they are maybe 20% of the population and Blacks are more equal now than they have ever been. I asked what about the disparity between white and blacks economically? He said, that's we are starting to arrive, we are not there yet. We are on the upswing. White america is on the downswing.
The Indians I know/knew talk about eventually going home, but are staying put. As a matter of fact, the only Indian I know who went back had his job out-sourced to India. He then lost his work visa here and had no choice but to go back. I probably don't know a statisctically relevant number of Indians here, so take it FWIW.
