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First of all, we need to stop mixing up the terms nationalism and patriotism, because they are two distinctly different ideas. Nationalism is the concept of putting your country's culture, political system, and oftentims, though not in this case, race above those of all other countries. Patriotism, however, is a sense of devotion and/or love for your own country. It has nothing to do with how you view other nations.
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I believe Dean was preaching Nationalism, putting our country's economic and technological future above others. Nothing wrong with Nationalism. It is very healthy.
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Also, is it really fair to tell people that "if they don't like outsourcing, then don't live in a state where government drives out businesses??" Honestly, when someone gets laid off, first of all, they probably don't have the money to just get up and move, seeing as how they have NO INCOME, second, many of them have families who have commitments wherever they are, third, it's happening everywhere, and it's becoming harder and harder to avoid it these days.
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The fact of the matter is that people are leaving states like California, Oregon, and Washington in droves and moving to more business friendly states in our beloved Union. California's population growth is driven by immigration.
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Sidenote: India has a larger military in terms of manpower and the US spends over 4 times as much money on our military as China and India combined, so I'm not sure it's accurate to say China has the "world's largest army."
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Not true. In terms of manpower, India has around 1.2 million on active duty and China has slightly over 2 million. China is currently spending around 100 billion on defense (they will usually only admit to around 20 billion, interesting how it works) and is acquiring and developing more advanced weaponry from Russia and our allies in Israel. The threat is there people.
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