coberst

What moral attitude should we take toward Globalism?

From the American workers view the positive side of Globalism is that many workers worldwide in very poor countries will experience a significant increase in their standard of living because the manufacturing of certain products that were manufactured in America are manufactured in their country.

From the American workers view the negative side of Globalism is that the standard of living of many Americans will decline significantly because of the work that has gone to poor countries.

From the American capital owning and financial brokerage view Globalism is the best thing since sliced bread.

What moral judgment should all Americans take toward Globalism? I have no answers to this very difficult question. This is the type of question that leads some people, like me, to duck their moral principles.

I suspect that Americans with capital will reap great advantage from Globalism but working Americans will be net losers. The workers and the capital owning citizens in poor countries will be large net winners.

coberst

What is globalism & globalization?

http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=2392

Joe Nye, former Dean of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, informs us: Globalism describes the existence of various forms of networks that interconnect multi-continental distances while globalization describes the degree of globalism. In short, Nye considers “Globalism as the underlying basic network, while globalization refers to the dynamic shrinking of distance on a large scale”… globalization is the process by which globalism becomes increasingly thick and/or intense.

There are four distinct dimensions of globalism: economic, which is the flow of goods and services; environmental, which is the effect upon the worlds environment and health; social, which is the flow of ideas and the effect of those ideas and ideologies upon the worlds cultures; and of course, there is the military dimension where power is displayed world wise by all cultures with such power.

pensacola_niceman

Damn! Damn! Now you can't even have sex with a bloody globe without the government intervening!!! Those damn globalists (whatever the fuck they are).

pensacola_niceman

In other words the globalists are just a bunch of cupcakes with some made-up agenda. Do they wear uniforms?

OhDear

Globalization is not a bad thing, coberst.

It is simply the connection we are all to recognize and realize in our own lives, as dependent on and supporting one another, across the whole wide world.

What people get upset about and begin to evaluate from the sphere of morals or ethics is how this intercourse might impact political entities, economic bases and cultural foundations.

Personally I believe that there is a way to demonstrate the heart of globalization without forfeiting our nationality, our individuality. We already do that on a small scale here in the United States. We have diverse people groups and yet we do, by some sacrifices and some compromises and yet also with a heart to hang on to our own traditions, culture and social values, experience a convergence of all to make up the fabric of our nation. And yes, some by taxation do offer up helps to the less fortunate ...but all are better off for that impacts the nation as a whole with better educated, healthier and more productive people.

Imagine with a spirit of humanitarian focus, the whole world could benefit by a willingness, by a surrender, and also by a maintaining of pride in one's own identity. And together we could better serve each other and learn of one another, all the while celebrating the truth that unity is not found in sameness but in honoring differences.

OhDear

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Katczinsky

It is when it is in the interests of the few, namely the rich and elite, and increases inequalities.

No one's arguing against the formation of a global conscience (international law, political freedoms, etc.), but just against the formation of a global enslavement under corporatism, which happens to be our present course.

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OhDear

Kat, that is why I tried to extract the word, the purely defined globalization from the practices that would not demonstrate a willingness to sacrifice for all. Not for "the few"...

Globalization for the elite is not what I wished to convey but that the ideal is a good and right one if it were to be with the heart of humanity. Greed and power, fear and hatred botch up everything. But we need to keep a vision of peace, and there is no peace if it is not felt in every corner of the globe.

OhDear

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RidinHighSpeeds

Advances in Science and Technology could possibly help our planet in the near future..

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coberst

I suspect that it is science and technology that is the reason that we may not last another 200 years. Our ability to build stuff has outsriped our ability to understand one another.