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Yes, I don't mean to imply that globalization is an altruistic endeavor, but it is certainly changing the lives of many people the world over - some for worse, some for better. I realize that exporting our way of life takes with it much of the things that I dislike, even abhor sometimes, about our values - cog-in-the-machine-ism, soulless consumerism, industrial sprawl, etc., etc., but there's no denying that giving people work in many places has enabled them to more easily accomplish basic tasks, like eating regularly. If I put myself in their place, I'd think that the concerns I've expressed above were pompous - the concerns of people who have not walked in my shoes.
But it is kind of delightful that those who have touted the unfettered glory of free market capitalism have found that their enthusiasm has borders - nationalistic pride - while the corporations, mega-corporations, industrial monoliths and their like recognize no such borders. They'll make the money wherever they can find it, whether it benefits Americans or not.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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