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TO
THE EXTENT
THAT GLOBALIZATION INCREASES OPPORTUNITY AND CHOICE
BY ENLARGING THE CIRCLE OF EXCHANGE, MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO APPROVE,
WHILE OPPOSITION IS PROVOKED WHEN THE POWER OF MASS MARKETING AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE RESTRICT CHOICE, ELIMINATING JOBS, MARKETS, LOCAL CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LIVING.

IT WOULD BE MORE PRECISE TO SAY THAT GLOBALIZATION IS NOT THE PROBLEM AT ALL,
EXCEPT WHEN USED AS A EUPHEMISM FOR THE NASTY HABIT OF CAPITALISM TO ENFORCE HOMOGENEITY.

THUS, WHEN THE SYMBOLS OF GLOBALIZATION ARE ZABAR'S, BALDUCCI'S, IKEA,
AND VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP ON THE GROCERY SHELVES IN UMM AL-FAHM, WE DO NOT HEAR MUCH COMPLAINING.

BUT WHEN LOCALLY MADE ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN BRAND,
THE LOCAL SHOPS DISAPPEAR BECAUSE TRANSNATIONAL CHAINS ARE TURNING THE WORLD INTO A STRIP MALL,
AND CORPORATE LENDERS CONDITION FOREIGN INVESTMENT ON THE ELIMINATION OF OTHERWISE SUCCESSFUL LOCAL BUSINESS PRACTICES, THE HOMO GENIZING FORCE OF THE GLOBAL MARKET
MAKES ITS VICTIMS AWARE OF
"alien"
INFLUENCE.
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