Globalization
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Globalization
Post #1What are it's implications towards future generations, both domestic and abroad?
Post #2
The implications I see are:
1. Less local control over one's circumstances. Unless some form of 'global government' or at least a global set of rules which are widely agreed to is developed, this will probably mean large pockets of worsening poverty, human rights abuses, environmental degradation, etc., even though "average" circumstances might become better.
2. Some aspects of human culture and civilization will become more universal, but I am not sure that this will mean a lessening of factionalism along religious and ethnic lines, at least in the short run. McDonald's and MTV may be everywhere, but that doesn't mean the attitudes towards them will become more homogenous.
3. Large countries and governments will be more likely to be able to obtain and wield greater power.
4. There will continue to be fear, skepticism, and resistance to globalization for some time to come, IMV, with some justification.
1. Less local control over one's circumstances. Unless some form of 'global government' or at least a global set of rules which are widely agreed to is developed, this will probably mean large pockets of worsening poverty, human rights abuses, environmental degradation, etc., even though "average" circumstances might become better.
2. Some aspects of human culture and civilization will become more universal, but I am not sure that this will mean a lessening of factionalism along religious and ethnic lines, at least in the short run. McDonald's and MTV may be everywhere, but that doesn't mean the attitudes towards them will become more homogenous.
3. Large countries and governments will be more likely to be able to obtain and wield greater power.
4. There will continue to be fear, skepticism, and resistance to globalization for some time to come, IMV, with some justification.
