The Myth of "Globalization"

I was on a forum today and was arguing the effect of "globalization" on the world, namely is it good or is it evil. A poll on the site caused me to realize the lack of knowledge and understanding many people have when considering the existence and effect of this "global strategy." The first and foremost being that it somehow exists. One of the poll answers was "NO it is evil we should all live in city-states." Well that is a gross misunderstanding of what "globalization" actually is.

Because in reality "globalization" goes by another name, and that name is Capitalism. There is a common and misleading belief that capitalism was not global until the latter 1970s, that is very incorrect. Capitalism has always been global it is in fact the worlds first and only global economic and social system.

Capitalism stripped to it barest form is the exploitation of cheap labor for profit. Without this integral exploitation, not paying the laborer the price of his labor, capitalism does not work, regardless of what elementary history books and economics books say about the myth of free trade and supply and demand. This primitive accumulation of wealth guides the global economic policy of exploitation. Where now not only is the laborer exploited but entire countries are placed under the heal of the Imperialist powers.

In fact "globalization" is merely what has come to be titled Late Neo-Liberal Capitalism.

It is merely a new way to exploit a country. If you can not whip them in the fields yourself then control the indigenous Bourgeoisie and let them run your agenda for you as they are employed by your companies that are producing products made at very cheap prices in their country. And with the WTO, a worldwide capitalist organization controlled by private companies, placing its boot across the necks of most of the third world this "globalization" my in fact be the most brutal and perfect form of capitalism to be employed so far.

It is important for this distinction to be made, there can be global communication without capitalist exploitation, liberals and conservatives alike hide this truth in their rants on how globalization is bringing the world closer, making it a smaller place, when it is merely raping the body's and cultures of third world countries. All under the bloodied flag of a program that exists in word only... "Globalization".

revoking globalization would not create a series of city states, it would however free many countries from white capitalist control. Making a statement to that effect shows the power of the conservative revisionists in this country who are able to change the meaning of words to fit their agendas (examples of this are the warped meanings of "third world" and "welfare reform" which resemble really nothing of their original meaning) A statement such as the city state comment from someone, even if they oppose "globalization," displays that they do not understand the true complextion of capitalist development post-1980.