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The New York Slime reported (10/30) on CETA, as follows
BRUSSELS — The European Union and Canada signed a far-reaching trade agreement on Sunday that commits them to opening their markets to greater competition, after overcoming a last-minute political obstacle that reflected the growing skepticism toward globalization in much of the developed world.
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On Friday, Wallonia, which has been hit hard by deindustrialization and feared greater agricultural competition, withdrew its veto after concessions were made by the Belgian government, including promises to protect farmers.
[T]he Walloon intransigence has underlined the extent to which trade has become politically radioactive as citizens increasingly blame globalization for growing disparities in wealth and living standards. Across Europe and the United States, opposition to trade has become a rallying point for populist movements on the left and the right, threatening to upend the established political order.
The key word here is “competition.” Repeatedly the established political order, of which the New York Slime, is a primary cloaca, tells us that these agreements are trade treaties which are a win-win proposition which will promote “good paying jobs at home.”
The image evoked is that of two neighbours trading sugar for flour over the fence. What could be more innocent, friendly and winwin for both?
But competition is “a contest or rivalry between two or more organisms, animals, individuals, economic groups or social groups, etc., for territory, a niche, for resources, goods, for mates, ...” (Wiki) Not so kumbaya after all.
How does the Slime pull off telling a misleading truth?
It does so because of the secondary meaning given to the word “competition” by capitalist propaganda. Over and over again ad nauseam, competition is spoken of as a healthy thing, like exercise, which brings innovation and better products to market, like getting stronger muscles.
In this vein the Slime quotes GLOBCAP’s newest poster boy, thus
In actuality, capitalist competition is simply Economic Darwinism. It engorges and destroys. Why else would this Friendly Trade Treaty require an addendum that “promises to protect farmers”?
According to Turdeau, “trade is good for the middle class and those working hard to join it.” Not, however, if you’re a farmer in the target country. Just as NAFTA destroyed the Mexican farmer, CETA is not so good/good for the Walloon.
Nevertheless, having castrated the word “competition” of its true meaning so as to present a glowy picture of capitalist rapine, the Slime goes on to disparage those who might think otherwise.
In saying that ordinary citizens blame GLOBCAP for inequity and austerity, the Slime insinuates that they are misinformed, childish naysayers. What the Slime cunningly omits to mention is that despite this “good thing for our economies,” inequity and austerity are ravaging societies across the globe. Neither in the United States, nor Spain, nor India and certainly not Africa, do the metrics come close to proving that these Competition Treaties benefit society as a whole.
The Slime needn’t engage in a prolonged digression from “the story line.” All it needed to have written was that “citizens blame globalisation for [the] growing disparities in wealth and living standards that afflict countries around the world. A simply five word clause would suffice to give objective validity to a blame which is otherwise implicitly characterised as a subjective idiosyncrasy.
When all this mind-mushing is over and done with the Slimes then turns around and slap the reader in the face by admitting it and the competition treaties it champions are the established political order and FUCK YOU.
The image evoked is that of two neighbours trading sugar for flour over the fence. What could be more innocent, friendly and winwin for both?
But competition is “a contest or rivalry between two or more organisms, animals, individuals, economic groups or social groups, etc., for territory, a niche, for resources, goods, for mates, ...” (Wiki) Not so kumbaya after all.
How does the Slime pull off telling a misleading truth?
It does so because of the secondary meaning given to the word “competition” by capitalist propaganda. Over and over again ad nauseam, competition is spoken of as a healthy thing, like exercise, which brings innovation and better products to market, like getting stronger muscles.
In this vein the Slime quotes GLOBCAP’s newest poster boy, thus
Mr. Trudeau said he wanted to “make sure that everyone gets that this is a good thing for our economies but it’s also a good example to the world.”
In actuality, capitalist competition is simply Economic Darwinism. It engorges and destroys. Why else would this Friendly Trade Treaty require an addendum that “promises to protect farmers”?
According to Turdeau, “trade is good for the middle class and those working hard to join it.” Not, however, if you’re a farmer in the target country. Just as NAFTA destroyed the Mexican farmer, CETA is not so good/good for the Walloon.
Nevertheless, having castrated the word “competition” of its true meaning so as to present a glowy picture of capitalist rapine, the Slime goes on to disparage those who might think otherwise.
In saying that ordinary citizens blame GLOBCAP for inequity and austerity, the Slime insinuates that they are misinformed, childish naysayers. What the Slime cunningly omits to mention is that despite this “good thing for our economies,” inequity and austerity are ravaging societies across the globe. Neither in the United States, nor Spain, nor India and certainly not Africa, do the metrics come close to proving that these Competition Treaties benefit society as a whole.
The Slime needn’t engage in a prolonged digression from “the story line.” All it needed to have written was that “citizens blame globalisation for [the] growing disparities in wealth and living standards that afflict countries around the world. A simply five word clause would suffice to give objective validity to a blame which is otherwise implicitly characterised as a subjective idiosyncrasy.
When all this mind-mushing is over and done with the Slimes then turns around and slap the reader in the face by admitting it and the competition treaties it champions are the established political order and FUCK YOU.
