Globalism: concepts, impacts, and contemporary perspectives

The phenomenon of globalization is a very controversial one, as some people are against it despite the fact that they are aware that the process is unavoidable. From the early ages people have felt the need to socialize and civilizations have been absorbed into one another. The process of globalization has both advantages and disadvantages, but, people are dedicated to making it happen regardless to the consequences that their actions have. The human race started building civilization several millennia ago, and, from there on, humans have become addicted to it. It is in the human nature to constantly seek for advancement and to interact with others. One of the main disadvantages that civilization poses, however, is that is provides better grounds for evil to develop. Crimes are taken to a whole new level in the modern world. Another disadvantage that globalization brings is the fact that vices are also advancing and people are enslaving themselves through the deviant acts that they perform. Of course, one can observe the benefits that globalization has brought when looking at the technological and medical advancements that have been done. Education is a primary benefit brought by globalization. Thousands of years of interacting between numerous cultures have made possible the existence of the civilized world we live in today. Globalization has assisted humans in making the world a more comfortable place for them to live in. Globalization has made it possible for people everywhere to interact without any major impediments in their way. Throughout history, nations have fought and conquered each-other with no one to stand in their way. Because of globalization, wars have decreased significantly and people are entitled to believe that world wars will never occur again. Less developed countries have been provided with assistance from the better developed, Western countries. Globalization is one of the factors which made such an occurrence possible. There are individuals that pay great attention to cultural values and customs, believing that globalization is virtually destroying nations and cultural identity. However, even those people cannot say that globalization hasn\'t brought benefits for them. Globalization has been one of the main causes for the spreading of technology all over the world. People and even whole nations have attempted to stop globalization from entering their countries, believing that they could survive independently and without the need of any outside interactions. The Nazi regime is representative for a nation which promotes nationalism and rejects the concept of having to live together with people that have different ethnic backgrounds. On the other side, it is obvious that the Nazi propaganda was defying the laws of logical thinking since they started a world war because of their need to expand their so called \"world war\" . Cambodian leader Pol-Pot has attempted to free\' his people of technology and of most things brought by globalization. When looking into this case, one can see that the act has had disastrous consequences and that extreme nationalism is damaging for the well-being of humanity. Globalization cannot be stopped because of the fact that nations have become accustomed to interacting with other nations and that people want to express their need for diversity. Philosophers like Mahatma Gandhi lobbied against the globalism coming from the West because he was certain that it would destroy everything that was natural about India. He succeeded in promoting his beliefs and making people unite in a movement supporting world peace. However, his struggle to save India from becoming a victim of globalization had failed. India is now a country that has adopted most Western concepts, and, it has become exactly what Gandhi didn\'t want it to.[1] Gandhi has also helped in promoting globalism, even if he wasn\'t aware of the fact. His words have helped in promoting peace around the world. When thinking about peace in the present, one can often relate to Gandhi as one of its main advocates. In countries like India people suffer currently from overpopulation. In his attempts to make the world a better and more comfortable place, man has involuntarily created another threat. Overpopulation means that there is less living space for people and that disease and crime are present in much greater numbers than it would be normal. Western countries are not in danger of overpopulating because the birth rate there is much smaller than it is in the less-developed countries. All in all, globalization should be appreciated for having put an end to political ideologies like Communism and Nazism, and for having made it possible for people to become freer. Nationalists from various countries are complaining that western ideologies are enslaving their people. The U.S. is practically a hallmark for the land of freedom, but, in the last decades, people have began to doubt the efficiency of the methods used by Americans to help other nations. The Americans have helped in liberating nations from eccentric dictators that did nothing but destroyed their people through putting into operation extreme forms of nationalism. However, the last campaigns that they have led against oppressors have proved to be ineffective, with numerous lives being lost without any reasonable motive. When nationalism proves to be inefficient after several years of being the main political ideology within a country, the people begin to revolt, and ultimately start to embrace the concept of globalism. Globalization spreads slower to the less developed countries because the people in the respective countries are frequently deprived of basic needs like education. Children are more likely to be sent by their parents to work illegally than to be sent to schools which charge fees in exchange for education. In countries like Africa, parents refrain from providing their children with education, and, as a result, the children are more vulnerable to contracting AIDS and to grow up to be illiterate. Third-world countries have a hard time providing their people with their basic needs, but, with the help of globalization, poor people can interact with other people, work in other countries, or draw foreign investments to their country. One hopes that world peace is something that globalization will bring when it will reach its peak. Globalization will also bring several benefits like no discrimination and better lives for people from poorer countries. While the Romans and the Greeks have failed in their plans to conquer the whole world, globalization does just that. It is spreading across all continents and makes people believe that they belong to a greater, more powerful nation. Another down side of globalization recently showed up under the circumstances of the economic depression. It soon spread, becoming general, with all countries suffering from it. The effects of the depression have not had significant malign effects until now, but they are presumed to appear in the near future. It is difficult to determine if globalization is good or bad for humankind, but, when looking at the number of people that have benefited from it one can consider globalism to be good.