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"I feel for you. I am taking it on the chin as well. Globalism made me rich during the 1990s, but today it has turned into a monster, I doubt my current line of business can continue without radical changes to the environment, or, some major externally imposed new conditions."

Thanks Mark. Your experiences with Globalism gives your response added validity. While I haven't become an all-out isolationist, my experience has made me a much stronger protectionist.

I realize in retrospect that I've done great damage. I was a typical George H.W. Bush moderate. It is actually frightening how little there was, at the time, to prompt me into even giving it thought. Like many, I did not give history much consideration, and had no thoughts of any substance in the geopolitical dimension. I had a job to do and there were billions of market share at stake. Then, one day in 1996, the first small sliver of awakening. I was in Taiwan and the news was that the PRC were launching missiles. For a short while, I thought it was WW3; I gave out a large sigh of relief when it became obvious that it was only a test. Still, my interest was piqued. I started on a new path, first tuning into my local Conservative talk radio station, checking into Rightist web sites, reading books. A friend at work let me borrow "Year of the Rat" and I would say that was my clear turning point. I have not looked back since. Meanwhile, the harsh realities of dealing with the Communists have come home to roost. They are theives; the variety who entrace their victims with nicety and seeming legitimacy, only to stab them in the back once they have gotten what they wanted. Many will resist seeing the reality until it is far too late; their credibility, careers, cost reduction promises and, personal relationships with Communists in businessmens' clothing are all on the line. It is painful to withdraw, past a certain rubicon. We are witnesses to both the amazing and the horrific.