Role-Play Debate for course EngC 1015

I'd have to agree with you that a lot of people use it as a scapegoat nowadays. I mean, globalization has really always been occurring, it's not something new. What was the colonization of the Americas if not globalization? The British, French, Spanish, Dutch all tried to globalize the world as they saw fit. That said, it definitely has grown exponentially in the past decade or two, with the advent of the internet and so forth.

I can see how people think that globalization is a good thing. It enables companies to reach more people and bring them new technologies and opportunities. Now, the world is a much smaller place than it was just 10 years ago. However, I do believe that it has now gotten a little out of hand. We all remember how Europe settled many new lands and did great things. That worked out for the Europeans, but what about the Indians and natives of Africa. Their culture is almost completely destroyed and lost. Culture is something that is very important to people and is essential to survival. It seems as we go more global, we lose our regional differences and identities. I would agree though that society uses this truth too much to solve just about any problem.

Globalization is a broad issue that could be the core of many issues in the world. The large publicity in globalization is probably in response to the rapid growth of the issue within the recent decades. I believe that many could vouch that globalization has a major effect on a large number of world issues. For instance, Environmentalists could argue that as the demand for land for oil and industry grows the environment would be put on the back burner. Many countries have already placed their economic development over their environmental issues. As Jacob Frenkel describes the strategy on page 10 of Friedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree, “Let’s not ask what markets we should export to, after having decided what to produce; rather let’s first study the global framework within which we operate and then decide what to produce.” For Example, in 1918, the former Soviet Union decided that the two rivers that flow into the Aral Sea, the Amu Darya in the south and the Syr Darya in the northeast, would be used to irrigate the desert in order to produce large amounts of cotton, melons, and rice in the region. The large use of the rivers caused a decrease in the flow into the Aral Sea, causing the sea levels to drop and dry up. As of now, the Aral Sea is about half the size it used to be. The salt remaining from the dried up sea is causing health problems across the region. So, my point being, I believe that the term globalization is not a scapegoat but a common problem to the expanding world.

I believe the word globalization is sometimes used as a scapegoat but to only the people who do not see, or want to see, the successes of it or want to keep up with the fast pace. Sure culture is a big deal to a lot of people around the world but globalization does not make you get rid of your culture. I believe if anything it improves it. Culture should change over time with the times and with the best available practices. Globalization if anything gives less fortunate people the chance to become something.

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