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by Anup Shah
Sunday, July 12, 2009
As the world starts to globalize, it is accompanied by criticism of the current forms of globalization, which are feared to be overly corporate-led. As corporations become larger and multinational, their influence and interests go further accordingly. Being able to influence and own most media companies, it is hard to be able to publicly debate the notions and ideals that corporations pursue. Some choices that corporations take to make profits can affect people all over the world. Sometimes fatally.
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Corporations like KFC or McDonald´s disgust me on so many levels, from the unhealthiness of the "food" they sell, to their complete insensitivity to local markets and customs. We can best resist them by never giving them any of our money; although I did like it when someone blew up a McDonald's store in France a few years ago, that was a little extreme.
I couldn't agree more, actually. I can see where some would argue that the rise of these massive corporations could potentially lead to employment opportunities where none previously existed, but then, the question has to be asked: Who benefits the most, KFC & McDonald's, or the people working there? Does the community as a whole benefit from this, or is it just another money churner for these massive corporations?
It can only be for good. Although some countries may lose some of their culture but others will assimilate good things and we hope disregard the bad
Technology makes it impossible for us not to be Globalised, the knowledge of the world around us and its people and the acceptance of our similarities as well as our differences, must be a good thing, In my opinion
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