ctenidae
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fwiw, there are economist who have documented where world trade or globalization has ruin local industries through out the world. Furthermore, it allows the wealthy countries to use predatory tactics to hold hostage the weaker economies.
Sort of the point of globalization, though, isn't it? Do work where it's most efficient? The horse-drawn wagon ruined some local industries, too, since you could transport the goods you made to the next town, and bring back stuff you couldn't make as efficiently. So the blacksmith near the iron mine drove the blacksmith by the ocean out of business, but the ocean based fisherman drove the mine-based fisherman out of business, too. "Predatory tactics" is a bit of a pejorative comment, so won't argue philosophy there.
I do agree with your philosophy on the t-shirt wearing doofus, though. Good thing for him that's not the park where the All-VFD Ultimate Warrior Competition Team works out. Or, like, the 82nd Airborne...