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I never blamed the countries which receive the jobs. Neither do I blame those individuals who get those jobs. If I were to be one of them I would do exactly the same. I am blaming Western politicians for allowing not so bad economies to go down the drain, and to leave in the dust millions who worked hard to create those economies.
Western countries managed to compete with the other ones by a very simple formula: keep the know how at home and benefit from the sale of the resulting product. The quality of the products (I know software industry) is indeed comparable and I don't think this is the issue. I worked with East Indians and with Chinese. They are competent, some are very good, some just good; as in any other country. No geographic are seems to have monopolized the genius market.
Perhaps the "new economies" are lacking in the level of customer support and relations. Actually some suck really big time. It's not that they are worse, stupid, or impolite. Just different cultures. You gotta live in a country to understand its culture. The language itself is not enough. I came to the US (later moved to Canada) and I spoke the language just fine before I immigrated to North America. Problem was I could talk about Shakespeare but didn't know how to ask for a loaf bread in a corner store.
I'm not dying to read the article you mention. I was born and raised in a communist country, and I also took quite a few courses in philosphy and rethorics. I know how easy it is to convince many about the benefits of their own demise. We see it almost daily on the news.
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