Its not simply outsourcing. Its using offshoring to hypocritically, dishonestly and deliberately trash native jobs and salaries, while (normally) maintaining those of the decision-makers.
I'm not against realistic economics and open markets leading to a more balanced world, but this is just shark-toothed capitalism with contempt for individuals and the societies the organisations exist in.
Funny thing is, talking in general terms, everyone hates off shoring but not every one hates exports/expanding to other markets and profiting off it. By this logic, you should also advocate for native jobs and salaries for every market the company is in, no?
Not saying company X isn't off shoring to save costs and hurting local jobs.
But it is also perhaps true that company Y is growing and selling their services/products in N countries but only has jobs in one(or few) of countries perhaps.
Why is this fair if the first one isn't ?
That is the nativist view, yes. But I am not a nativist. Let every member of our species compete on a fair playing field without government interference, regardless of their birth circumstances.
The point is not that companies hiring workers overseas is inherently bad.
The point is that companies rest on the infrastructure of society, they are only possible because of everything from the physical infrastructure of energy to the institutional infrastructure of courts and markets. These things are for the most part provided by the tax base in their home country. There are for the most part rules, laws, and norms about how much and what kind of economic activity must accrue back to the society that incubated and hosts the company.
Arbitraging those rules and norms to extract rents is not in general a social good.
I am replying to "Let every member of our species compete on a fair playing field without government interference, regardless of their birth circumstances", and have said nothing on nativism.
The quote I am replying to stands on its own regarding criticism. "Government" is supposed to just be The People, and preventing "government interference" becomes a dog whistle for "let the market do what it wants, if people with capital use it to further acquire capital at the expense of those without, so be it."
I'm not against realistic economics and open markets leading to a more balanced world, but this is just shark-toothed capitalism with contempt for individuals and the societies the organisations exist in.