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In reply to the discussion: If you could vote on TPP for America like UK voted on Brexit, how would YOU vote? [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)that I live in. If you want to argue that the TPP is worse than the WTO and NAFTA with respect to human rights, labor rights and the environment that would be a much more convincing argument than the "my country right or wrong" line of reasoning.
republicans seem to hate all of our international agreements because they all do represent a loss of some of our precious 'sovereignty' in the sense that in each agreement we agree to do or not do something in exchange for the other country or countries agreeing to do or not do something. Giving the ability to do 'something' represents a loss of sovereignty in the eyes of too many conservatives - whether that 'something' is polluting the atmosphere, raising tariffs because we want to, trading a boycott for nuclear disarmament, recognizing a country that conservatives don't like, etc.
It is plain to me that nationalism and the obsession with 'my country' and its sovereignty (and making it great again) has caused more wars and enabled more repression than has the delegating of some of that sovereignty to mutually agreed upon international organizations that promote international cooperation ever has.