brother lost job to india

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  • zarkonite0

    I wouldn't even call what happened here outsourcing to be honest. IBM is a global company and they've announced over a decade ago that they were opening business centers in India, they've invested BILLIONS in training. It's all part of the plan, this is just one stage of it. It's not like they're going to be hiring a third party to slap shit together, it's all IBM following IBM standards.

    Now regarding American Design being impossible to replace, all american design is based in european design at its core. While we were busy exterminating the natives and grizzly bears and digging for oil and gold they were perfect their design skills ... we just happen to pick up some of their knowledge and run with it so it can be done, even by Indians.

    Look at how wildly successful companies like Nintendo, Sony, Samsung, Toyota, Nissan, etc. are even though they come from totally different cultures. I have a hard time believing that a culture as ancient and vibrant as indian culture does not have the base required to thrive and built itself back up. Let's not forget that India is down because they were mercilessly crushed and exploited by the english, otherwise they were already writting philosophy before even the Romans had built an empire.

    • Good point, India and others get a bad rap because of recent history, they will catch upukit
    • But when they do, will they still be dirt cheap?ukit
    • therein lies the safety net, we're not doomed. They'll demand what we have.zarkonite

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