Globalization

To understand globalization, we first have to agree in a clear definition of what this concept truly is. If we look at a book definition of the concept, it refers to “the processes by which the people of the world become a single world society” this leads us to the belief that globalization is a form of doing things that involve people from all around the world. The most typical example of this phenomenon is the industrial process, this way a smartphone (say for example an iPhone) is designed in the United States, the materials come from Africa, and the manufacturing is done in Asia. Globalization is a direct effect from capitalism, in an effort by companies from all around the world to reach the major goal of this economic system: enlarge profit. This way the manufacturing is done in countries with poor labor conditions, so that this labor becomes cheaper, leading to a cheaper product and more sales. This becomes negative because it leads to the exploitation of people where there aren’t good government regulations and decent wages. Its positive side becomes the global growth experimented by the countries that help in this globalized process, for example China wouldn´t be the enormous power that it is today without globalization. We can also ask ourselves about the positive outcomes in global culture exchange thanks to the internet and television, however even as global knowledge is great, we can’t think that the loss of small cultures is a positive thing.

Personally globalization has affected me in how I interact with the world. The internet is a window to different cultures and all kinds of beliefs, this way of consuming media (from all around the world, and from all the possible views) makes it possible to get information more true to the real deal. It also makes it possible to believe that starting a life in another country is not that hard, and thanks to communication, is possible to not leave everything behind.