In the word of Thomas Friedman "The World is Flat."
Oceans and borders no longer protect any business
that can be digitized on a computer and sent via fiber-
optic cable anywhere in the world at the speed of light
or manufactured by a competent person who will
be happy to make $1/hour as long as he doesn't have
to leave home. This is the world in which we now live.

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