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<blockquote data-quote="SCV good to go sir." data-source="post: 1721368" data-attributes="member: 56200"><p>No. The two concepts aren't exclusive from each other. The means of productions for both ParcelPro and TNT are still privately owned (UPS and FedEx respectively). Thus capitalism is still in effect. The expansion of both UPS and FedEx into Europe helps link their economic community to ours and coordinates the transatlantic shipping systems to work in unison.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't mean to be condescending but I'm not sure you entirely understand the definition of capitalism. Simply put, capitalism is private ownership of an industry. It has nothing to do with taking advantage of a weaker currency.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, both UPS and FedEx are trying to get a piece of the action. The Teamsters and UPS are two different entities with different interests and goals. Just because UPS is unionized does not mean that it shares the values held by the Teamsters. Ultimately, UPS is concerned with being the premier courier company and making profits. Thus it should be no surprise that their principles are different than the Teamsters. I feel like you're confusing capitalism with corporatocracy. Both UPS and FedEx already have strong presences in the United States. There's not as much potential for growth for either of them here as relative to Europe where they have a much smaller presence. You cannot fault them for where the market is booming. That's well beyond their control and all they can do is react. If the expansion into Europe indicates anything, it's that both companies want to grow. Look at the history of both companies within the US, both of them expanded when the opportunity presented itself. That can't last forever. </p><p></p><p>You're being dramatic with the sovereignty issue. There are linguistic, cultural, geographic, political, and historic differences (among others) between the US and Europe. This situation isn't even proposing a singular currency between the two. All that's happening is that the markets in US and Europe are going to be more accessible to the populations in both regions. Conducting commerce across the Atlantic is going to become easier. This serves to create more jobs in Europe (and to a lesser extent probably the US as well) and help pump some life into their economy. And so what if our markets become more integrated. Is an increase in the variety of products and services to millions of consumers a bad thing? This should stand as testament to how awesome humans are. That two populations geographically isolated from each other can provide goods and services to each other when physical barriers would normally make that impossible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SCV good to go sir., post: 1721368, member: 56200"] No. The two concepts aren't exclusive from each other. The means of productions for both ParcelPro and TNT are still privately owned (UPS and FedEx respectively). Thus capitalism is still in effect. The expansion of both UPS and FedEx into Europe helps link their economic community to ours and coordinates the transatlantic shipping systems to work in unison. I don't mean to be condescending but I'm not sure you entirely understand the definition of capitalism. Simply put, capitalism is private ownership of an industry. It has nothing to do with taking advantage of a weaker currency. Yes, both UPS and FedEx are trying to get a piece of the action. The Teamsters and UPS are two different entities with different interests and goals. Just because UPS is unionized does not mean that it shares the values held by the Teamsters. Ultimately, UPS is concerned with being the premier courier company and making profits. Thus it should be no surprise that their principles are different than the Teamsters. I feel like you're confusing capitalism with corporatocracy. Both UPS and FedEx already have strong presences in the United States. There's not as much potential for growth for either of them here as relative to Europe where they have a much smaller presence. You cannot fault them for where the market is booming. That's well beyond their control and all they can do is react. If the expansion into Europe indicates anything, it's that both companies want to grow. Look at the history of both companies within the US, both of them expanded when the opportunity presented itself. That can't last forever. You're being dramatic with the sovereignty issue. There are linguistic, cultural, geographic, political, and historic differences (among others) between the US and Europe. This situation isn't even proposing a singular currency between the two. All that's happening is that the markets in US and Europe are going to be more accessible to the populations in both regions. Conducting commerce across the Atlantic is going to become easier. This serves to create more jobs in Europe (and to a lesser extent probably the US as well) and help pump some life into their economy. And so what if our markets become more integrated. Is an increase in the variety of products and services to millions of consumers a bad thing? This should stand as testament to how awesome humans are. That two populations geographically isolated from each other can provide goods and services to each other when physical barriers would normally make that impossible. [/QUOTE]
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