In his piece defending globalization, Joel P. Trachtman mentions a few things that could help “minimize the adverse consequences of globalization and maximize our overall welfare.” “Deep understanding of the situations of other countries?" You mean, like our deep understanding of the situations of Iraq and Afghanistan? “Sophisticated analysis?" You mean, like that previously provided by the career diplomats attacked, disgraced, fired, and hounded into retirement, for political advantage, by the Trump administration? “Informed negotiations, based on real facts?" You mean, like using scientific data in regular meetings with other industrialized countries in order to come up with a global plan for slowing the human-induced climate-change crisis?
During the right’s anti-intellectual crusade of recent decades, the tools of reasoned approach and ability were abandoned as useless. I’m afraid these tools are no longer available to us.
Jim Billipp
Lexington
Note from KBJ: Get some help for your TDS, Jim. You're embarrassing yourself.
