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Opponents of Globalization

Opponents of Globalization

Globalization is a dream that any idealist would want but developing countries have been paying the price for capitalism . International trade may be reaping profits for rich countries but it also destroys cultural identity and further impoverishes Third World countries

It is inevitable that globalization would homogenize people . To be able to market their goods , multi-national corporations need to create the same values , the same tastes and use the same advertising (Turning Point Project , 2002 , para . 3 . Participating in global markets also requires adapting to the language of

the key players . A factual example is when an advisory commission to the late Japanese Prime Minister Obuchi suggested that English be adopted as the second official language of Japan (Kawai , 2003 , para . 1 . Altering the language of a people can directly make a nation lose its identity . These efforts drown local tastes from which domestic industries rely on therefore causing the collapse of national businesses which can cause further poverty

To be able to play in the international arena , developing countries rely on loans from global financial entities to sustain productivity Third World countries mortgage their future by selling off irreplaceable capital-their natural resources (Suzuki , 2003 ,

. 96 . In fact , Brazil has chosen to allow the destruction of the Amazon forests to pay off their loans . Perseverance to pay the debts also pushes these poor countries to grow a certain crop as compared to their natural tendency to plant the different basic food to meet the needs of their population . The shift of land away from local food crops decreases the supply and increases the price , thus further impoverishing the people (Gore , 2006 ,

. 54 . These debts are therefore purpose-defying

The world is beautiful because of cultural diversity and each nation needs to protects its natural resources . Globalization poses a threat to the impoverished and should be controlled before it further destroys lives

References

Gore , A (2006 . The Shadow Our Future Throws . In Earth in the Balance Ecology and the

Human Spirit . New York : Rodale , 2006 . 36 - 55

Kawai , Y (2003 , May ) English as the Second Official Language of Japan : Globalization

Hegemony of English , and Japanese National Identity presented at the

annual meeting of the International Communication Association , Marriott Hotel

San Diego , CA Online Retrieved July 13 , 2007 from http /www .allaca

demic .com /meta /p112013_index .html

Suzuki , David (2003 . Economics and Politics . In The David Suzuki Reader . Vancouver

Greystone ,

. 89 - 103

Turning Point Project (2002 . Global Monoculture . Retrieved July 13 2007 http /bss .sfsu .edu

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