I have always subconsciously known that globalization played a huge role in my life but I never really gave it much thought. Everything that goes on in my life has in one way or another been affected by globalization. Not only business but politics and culture as well are becoming more and more globalized as technology advances. When you think about it, if it weren’t for all the industrial development and technological advances then globalization would not be such a huge trend as it is today. For example, the telephone and computer has made communication with people across the world as easy as communicating with someone who lives underneath the same household. Because of such easy communication, things such as politics and the economy are not only affected by what happens locally but more importantly, by what happens around the world. During the 1800s, receiving news of presidents’ choices and other political affairs would take months. Today someone can just log on to the Internet and find out something that was announced five minutes ago or even less. Even though globalization has many benefits such as being more connected and aware of global events and happenings, it does have its downsides.
Globalization has increased many disturbing trends such as child labor and sweat shops. Many of the products used nowadays come from across the country or even across the world since people get more profit from production in countries such as China and India than in the Unites States. The reason why it’s cheaper though can be pretty disturbing though. Most of the time the labor that goes behind the products used is illegal or at least should be. Many children slave away for up to sixteen hours at a time, trying to make a meager amount of money to support their families. I know that globalization has defects that should be fixed but the question in the end is if we would rather stay ignorant and living in bliss or if we want to open our eyes and realize the damage we are during to our future generations.
Globalization has increased many disturbing trends such as child labor and sweat shops. Many of the products used nowadays come from across the country or even across the world since people get more profit from production in countries such as China and India than in the Unites States. The reason why it’s cheaper though can be pretty disturbing though. Most of the time the labor that goes behind the products used is illegal or at least should be. Many children slave away for up to sixteen hours at a time, trying to make a meager amount of money to support their families. I know that globalization has defects that should be fixed but the question in the end is if we would rather stay ignorant and living in bliss or if we want to open our eyes and realize the damage we are during to our future generations.
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