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Comment by peoplefromibiza

> ? I would give up every bit of cheap plastic junk in a heartbeat if it meant my great grandchildren will have a homeland to live in peace

that's exactly what globalization did for billions of people once oppressed by colonialists Countries, such as the UK.

You could stop buying cheap plastic, but you'll never get the empire back.

Because people want their great grandchildren to have a homeland to live in peace

But you can have a poorer Country as in richer than 90% of the World, but not as rich as in the past when they exploited the poorest Countries for their own advantage, and call it homeland. You can be sure nobody wants it, you can keep it.

You also seem to believe that the point of it all is just lower prices, but the actual reality is that UK doesn't even have enough people to operate their own homeland's hospitals. [1]

You should blame your own political choices, not globalization.

[1] https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/-nhs-nurses-recruited-overs...

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