GLOBALIZATION

The Goods & Bads of Globalization
Why is globalization good? When positive ideas arise in one country, it would be great if all other countries could see the positives and then grasp that idea. For example, it took time for the United States to give women rights, but once they did other countries noticed it was a good idea and that they too should give their women's rights. Globalization also betters the entire world by making it more technological advanced. Every time a country produces a piece of technology, somebody else begins to produce something that is even better than that. This eventually leads our world into being made up of the best of the best technology/equipment. Imagine how many countries there are that use television, telephones, computers, etc. on a daily basis. All of these pieces originated from one place. It isn't possible to be too educated. I think it is great when people and speak many different languages. The fact that most high schools teach Spanish and that a certain amount of years of a language is required in high school is a sign of globalization.
Globalization allows for more jobs across the countries, which slowly but surely leads into getting rid of poverty.

Why is globalization bad? Globalization gets rid of all the things that make people/places different from one another. Holidays, religions, and cultures become more similar. Clothing no longer looks different in each country. When a piece of clothing is popular it is liked everywhere and when it goes out of style it goes out everywhere. Food is also an issue. Food sets a lot of places apart. Italian food is found in Italy, Greek food is found in Greece, American food is found in America, Chinese food is found in China etc. However, with globalization you could eat almost any food anywhere. McDonalds, an American restaurant, is located in numerous amounts of countries not including America. All I have to do is go to a mall in America and I can choose from Japanese, Middle Eastern, Italian, and many other types of food.
With products being made from all over the world, it is hard for one's own economy to be stable. For example, I look around on the streets and see so many non-American cars. This is a sign of globalization, but it is bad. It puts our (America) countries economy in trouble.


Today, it is too difficult to match a definition to globalization. I believe it is simply the spreading of any idea. Ideas consist of many things. For example, food, culture, religion, fashion, politics, products, etc. Like many other people, I cannot say whether globalization is a good or a bad thing. I think there are many reasons to support both sides and therefore think globalization is just one of those things present in life today and doesn't/shouldn't have opposing components to it.