The underlying philosophy is a rules based global order backed by hard currency instead of he who has the biggest guns. Only flaw is pollies and the mainstream economics that under pin all of his refuse to acknowledge that bankers print money as well. Giving bankers an unfair advantage over the rest of us. And by unfair I mean the plebs get suckered once more.

I think globalism as the term is being used in the modern context is referring to the globalism of capital. IE.the enablement of multinational companies to utilise the resources of very nation on the globe for the enrichment of the investors in and senior executives of these companies.
Not so much the sharing of ideas and culture among the common people of the nations of the world. That has indeed been going on forever.
D J S

Nope . Got to disagree.You started off OK , but in my opinion , ( at least) lost it at the second paragraph.

There were two reasons why Trump wanted a wall and why Trump wanted to tax American company’s who relocated offshore.

The first , was to prevent illegal immigration , .. and , often using that example , the spread of drug cartels and Mexican / South American gangs such as MS 13 , which ,… although originating in California , was made up primarily of South American / Mexican immigrants , – many of them illegal.

And you do not trifle with MS 13 or their offshoots or imitators. They will kill you in your sleep as soon as look at you. How do think a politician is going to react to parents who have had their daughters raped and murdered?

By being seen to take action.

And to a point , – fair enough , notice I said ‘to a point ‘. But something has to be done. Its easy to sit here thousands of miles away and feeling totally untouchable through distance and pronounce judgement , … but for the American people is is a REAL CONCERN.

Secondly , we have the situation of company’s relocating offshore to take advantage of foreign low wage economy’s. I worked as security 2 years ago for a company that contracted out to an iconic NZ white-ware company , – who , – the year before I started had made many thousands of New Zealanders redundant… and took advantage of even cheaper wages in South Est Asia, South America and the like by relocating to those destinations …

Basically , … taking advantage of the FIRE economy that Prof. Jane Kelsey has warned us about.

And yet what Donald J Trump has done is create an amnesty situation , – ‘ If you choose to stay in America and employ Americans , … then you get a tax incentive for that ‘ ,… ‘ However , – if you choose to relocate offshore, take advantage of third world wages , – and then try to sell that produce back to Americans , you will incur a tax, – in the form of trade tariffs ‘.

And that has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL AND WORK INTERNATIONALLY.

NOTHING WHATSOEVER.

You can still accept a job in another country , you can travel ,… but if you are a company , a multinational trying to advance the cause of cheap labour , low taxation – or worse – NO taxation …

Then you are an arsehole.

And you deserve to be penalized and taxed, … why ?… because you are robbing the country of your birth through not paying your taxes and encouraging the perpetuation of the slave wage labourer.

In short ?… you are nothing but a parasite on humanity.

As for the rest …Policies like UBI, free access to health and education, or major reform of copyrights and patents to enable greater sharing of knowledge and cultural works.

No problem. But first , – you must take into consideration human nature and human greed ( major reform of copyrights and patents ) , and the fact that those who often hold the purse strings .. are far from those who want a ‘ greater sharing of knowledge and cultural works ‘.

100% to you , DANYL STRYPE , always admired your posts and supported them.

But in my 54 years of living on this planet, one thing I have learnt (sadly ) is that there are many , many , many out there that just do not think the same way as you and I do. And they will try to play you like a song . Social services and church leaders know them well. As sly manipulators.

Thus … Nationalism , on a positive side at least … is to ensure your community is prospering so as to give out in compassion to others and uplift them , – if they will play the game and contribute in some way for the next wave of the needy . Otherwise it all collapses in some sort of short term greedy opportunism. You are a bit like Frank MacsKasy , – another whose opinions I respect. And dear old Martyn ! I’m not writing to antagonize at all.

Peace.

What is NZDF for if pollies suck up to merica who is in a pissing contest with China, and China is one of New Zealand’s largest trading partners if not the largest. This for me is a compelling argument for a more independent foreign policy and NZDF.