It is a small world after all. Globalization is that great process that started perhaps with Mr. Marco Polo, but has since regained its prestige after a short stint of protectionism following the great depression. It sure is great, isnt it? I mean who doesnt like globalization? Well a bunch of hippies in Seattle, lay-abouts and activists without focus, but they hardly count. If youre down with the Red, White and Blue, you have to be down with the N-A-F-T-A; if you ask me. This is something that transcends partisan politics; I mean it was that crazy, high hippy president Clinton that finally put together full integration of North America. Globalization puts the free in freedom; and if you dont feel good about that, go back to the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot. Although, I have noticed before in my life that sometimes things are a little more complicated than they may first appearespecially the pretty complicated things.
Its true that a certain amount of things have been freed up by the current manifestations of globalization, but perhaps some things that shouldnt have been freed were, while others that needed to were not. Labor rights movements in the U.S. actually began...