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pocketkangaroo · 03-27-2007, 10:59 AM

Does anyone else think that a lot of this stuff will be moot in a couple decades anyway? With technology enhancing daily, we aren't separated like we were in the past. We can conference call with India for pennies, hire entire customer service divisions in Pakistan, and build products in Brazil without a hitch. It's no longer a huge gap between countries.

But the biggest problem we run into is IF the US economy collapses, so will the global economy. China and Japan will be devastated, and the rest of the world will feel the impact. In fact, countries like Japan would suffer huge depressions like we did in the 20's (virtually the same thing happened in reverse with the US and Europe). But the problem is that this scenario has never been tested before in the history of the world, so no one really knows for certain what will happen.

But I guess I'm not seeing why people are so happy about this. Do most of you realize that the majority of your income comes from US customers? I'm not trying to be patriotic or wave a flag because I don't really care about nationalism bullshit. But if the US tanks, so do most of your incomes.

03-27-2007, 10:59 AM
pocketkangaroo Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 8,452	Does anyone else think that a lot of this stuff will be moot in a couple decades anyway? With technology enhancing daily, we aren't separated like we were in the past. We can conference call with India for pennies, hire entire customer service divisions in Pakistan, and build products in Brazil without a hitch. It's no longer a huge gap between countries. But the biggest problem we run into is IF the US economy collapses, so will the global economy. China and Japan will be devastated, and the rest of the world will feel the impact. In fact, countries like Japan would suffer huge depressions like we did in the 20's (virtually the same thing happened in reverse with the US and Europe). But the problem is that this scenario has never been tested before in the history of the world, so no one really knows for certain what will happen. But I guess I'm not seeing why people are so happy about this. Do most of you realize that the majority of your income comes from US customers? I'm not trying to be patriotic or wave a flag because I don't really care about nationalism bullshit. But if the US tanks, so do most of your incomes.