Globalization

Globalization seems like an avoidable trend in today’s world. As we take a look around every neighborhood in the United States, we can quickly recognize familiar restaurant slogans, car shops, mega malls, and name brands on everyone’s clothing. As we take a bigger picture of the world, we can see that the items that we associate America with are popping up all over the world. This ranges  from a Starbucks in India to Facebook in China. Thanks to advanced technology that has improved communication and transportation, ideas, politics, and cultures have diffused throughout the world, from one country to another. Globalization may be spreading multiculturalism, advanced technology, and consumerism but in reality it may be doing more harm than one is led to believe. Globalization has encouraged the use of sweat shops in less developed countries where the poor work long, hard hours while the rich get even richer. Brain drain has caused intellectual people to leave their homelands in search of economic opportunities beyond their borders, leaving their homeland with the uneducated to fend for themselves while trying to beat the wealthy that have taken over their country with McDonald’s signs and Nike shoes.  One of the worst parts of globalization is that countries that are rich in historical monuments, cultural centers, and local cuisine are being shoved into the corner by large corporations trying to sell their politics, ideas, and values to people in every country. Every country has something unique to offer and it shouldn’t be overshadowed by the selfish corporate world.