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Globalization is, unfortunately, unavoidable. The fact that people and cargo can literally go around the world within a couple of days (any aerospace buffs no how long it takes a commercial boeing to run the entire equator? it can't be that long), and that information and the all-important Golden God, money, can be moved across the globe instantly means that we have an interconnectedness that the average person cannot possibly comprehend. What happens in other nations matters, and what happens here matters to the rest of the world. What is needed is not anti-globalization Sisyphi, but a system set up to guarantee basic human rights and civil liberties to all peoples, across the globe. We are slowly reaching a point where one world government is not a consideration, but a necessity. That being said, to seperate me from the neocons, I don't think that America should be the one world government. The world should not be one giant America, by any means. What we need is an organization like the UN, but with internationally recognized Human Rights laws in place and a hairy pair enough to back them up. Interdependence cannot be stopped, but sewing soccer balls for $.05(US)/ball is inhuman and must be put to an end. That is all the anti-globalization people want, really; to put a stop to the abuse of the proletariat in these nations. However, ostrich Isolationism isn't the right answer; a strong, multinational force is the way to go.
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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
---Friedrich Nietzsche
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