the resistance to homogenizing globalization ~~~
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IS
USUALLY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE THIRD WORLD
AND CERTAIN PARTS OF EUROPE,
BUT IS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME OF THIS WRITING
IN NEW YORK CITY AS WAL-MART ~ the corporation most admired by Wall Street ~
ATTEMPTS TO BRING ITS DICKENSIAN UNION-BUSTING PRACTICES TO MANHATTAN.
BUT AMONG THE EMOTIONS GENERATED BY GLOBALIZATION,
THE MOST POWERFUL AND LEAST ADDRESSED FEELING IS OUR ANGER AT OUR COHABITANTS IN THE VILLAGE,
THE PEOPLE LIKE US WHO MAKE HOMOGENEITY POSSIBLE BY PREFERRING THE UNIFORM IMPORT TO THE LOCAL VARIATION.
I AM NOT SURPRISED WHEN MCDONALDS IN DOWNTOWN JERUSALEM ATTRACTS TOURISTS IN BASEBALL CAPS, BERMUDA SHORTS, AND GAP T-SHIRTS, PREFERRING A FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE TO FOREIGN CUISINE, BUT I FIND IT DEMORALIZING THAT IT IS USUALLY FILLED WITH SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION ISRAELIS FROM THE DIASPORAS OF MOROCCO, YEMEN, AND POLAND
IN BASEBALL CAPS, BERMUDA SHORTS, AND GAP T-SHIRTS, SUPER-SIZING THEMSELVES AS THEY BEGIN
WHAT GEORGE CARLIN CALLED
"slow death
by fast
food!"
IS
USUALLY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE THIRD WORLD
AND CERTAIN PARTS OF EUROPE,
BUT IS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME OF THIS WRITING
IN NEW YORK CITY AS WAL-MART ~ the corporation most admired by Wall Street ~
ATTEMPTS TO BRING ITS DICKENSIAN UNION-BUSTING PRACTICES TO MANHATTAN.
BUT AMONG THE EMOTIONS GENERATED BY GLOBALIZATION,
THE MOST POWERFUL AND LEAST ADDRESSED FEELING IS OUR ANGER AT OUR COHABITANTS IN THE VILLAGE,
THE PEOPLE LIKE US WHO MAKE HOMOGENEITY POSSIBLE BY PREFERRING THE UNIFORM IMPORT TO THE LOCAL VARIATION.
I AM NOT SURPRISED WHEN MCDONALDS IN DOWNTOWN JERUSALEM ATTRACTS TOURISTS IN BASEBALL CAPS, BERMUDA SHORTS, AND GAP T-SHIRTS, PREFERRING A FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE TO FOREIGN CUISINE, BUT I FIND IT DEMORALIZING THAT IT IS USUALLY FILLED WITH SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION ISRAELIS FROM THE DIASPORAS OF MOROCCO, YEMEN, AND POLAND
IN BASEBALL CAPS, BERMUDA SHORTS, AND GAP T-SHIRTS, SUPER-SIZING THEMSELVES AS THEY BEGIN
WHAT GEORGE CARLIN CALLED
"slow death
by fast
food!"
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