tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1473001407545815884..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Sole Sourcing and the Trans Pacific PartnershipThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43620183574723660692016-04-16T11:22:31.255-07:002016-04-16T11:22:31.255-07:00@ Anyong - yes we can boycott foreign made goods (...@ Anyong - yes we can boycott foreign made goods (Israeli goods excepted). We can but the past shows that these boycotts are very hard to make work. Too few people can be bothered even if they did know the products and brands they should reject.<br /><br />There is a smartphone app called "buycott" that lets you scan the barcode to confirm whether something is on your list of companies or countries you wish to avoid.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-80046502531526934292016-04-16T11:19:57.682-07:002016-04-16T11:19:57.682-07:00In fairness to the Liberals, Pamela, I think our e...In fairness to the Liberals, Pamela, I think our entire political apparatus is neoliberal at heart. It's a contagion that, once in place, is hard to shed and requires leadership on a scale we haven't seen in Canada in decades.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-35706269006785625212016-04-16T11:17:32.919-07:002016-04-16T11:17:32.919-07:00
@ BCW - yes, Crusty is in the bag to neoliberalis...<br />@ BCW - yes, Crusty is in the bag to neoliberalism. She always was. She sees her role as chairing a provincial Chamber of Commerce. Then again we elect her but our hapless NDP also has a lot to atone for.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20446714279786153242016-04-16T11:15:27.110-07:002016-04-16T11:15:27.110-07:00@ Toby - "why" you ask? It seems counter...@ Toby - "why" you ask? It seems counterintuitive, no question. Yet what you're really seeing is the "political capture" aspect of neoliberalism at play. In the corrosive course of neoliberalism, capital increasingly insinuates itself between the voters and their elected officials. Part of this derives from outright corruption but a very large part of it traces to the surrender of sovereign power through trade agreements.<br /><br />This is plainly the rise of illiberal democracy which, unless it is checked and reversed, leads to undemocratic, authoritarian rule. That it has gotten so far in such a relatively limited time demonstrates how complacent we, the electorate, have become.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-64544683372649037812016-04-16T10:28:30.612-07:002016-04-16T10:28:30.612-07:00Anyong says>>>>is the following reason...Anyong says>>>>is the following reasonable? Boycott buying shoes, runners and the like made in foreign countries. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-44786232563139738732016-04-16T09:47:00.310-07:002016-04-16T09:47:00.310-07:00The Liberals have bought into the Neoliberal agend...The Liberals have bought into the Neoliberal agenda Mound. They will ratify the TPP.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-36889438509495532182016-04-16T06:21:39.008-07:002016-04-16T06:21:39.008-07:00Now we have our own CC "capitalizing" of...Now we have our own CC "capitalizing" off the TPP how it will create some 800 million new potential customers-markets. Makes for yet another election 2017 stop and photo op, but actual markets, that's about as true as the 100,000 LNG jobs and this magical $100 trillion-gazillion borrowed money prosperity fund. However, bullshit sells and we keep lapping it up, so TPP will be forever branded a good idea in the minds of the masses, including those who will lose their jobs at New Balance as this "cheap labour" deal unfolds.bcwaterboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506402752799423770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-62294842394655228022016-04-15T16:28:47.132-07:002016-04-15T16:28:47.132-07:00Why do leading politicians want these awful trade ...Why do leading politicians want these awful trade deals? They are so destructive. They don't seem to be learning that the ideology fails. Tobynoreply@blogger.com