As Americans shouldn't we love the idea of globalization? As Americans we should pride ourselves on our ability to spread our innovations around the world and influence change. Well Globalization describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of political ideas through communication, transportation, and trade. On the surface this idea sounds wonderful, but what if globalization was really bad? What if the idea of imposing our beliefs and our cultures on other countries inevitability erased their own was truly ugly? Some people are for globalization for reasons that pertain to money or profit, while on the other hand working class citizens of America are against it and what is stands for. The clip below is a sarcastic point of view referring to globalization.
http://www.freecartoonnetwork.com/YosemiteSam/watch-video/-1EHTt4HFng/pinkyshow/defending-globalization.html
Although I find globalization to be a bit narcissistic, truth be told it has be able to help countries that are not self-sufficient become better entities of the world.
The video is sad but true. As Americans, we reap the benefits of third world countries producing and making things for us. As far as that goes, that is how we have the fair and equal trade act. This act enables us to trade certain things such as cars, technology, and oil. How the world functions today depends on the trade system. But globalization is bad in one specific way, financially. The economy takes a hard hit when trading gets out of hand and the supply and demand become very low. So thats how I see globalization as a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chris that clip was sad and true. It is interesting to know that we actually do reap the benifits without taking the time out to really thing about how it got here. In my opinion i feel like america is selfish when it comes to globalization.
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