0809 Pros and Cons of Globalization

  Globalization leads most of the countries to a more convenient and advanced state without doubt. In the past, it was impossible to sell your products globally. What’s more, it took a long time to spread a new product or a new notion to foreign countries. Due to globalization, the situation, however, has changed. Globalization has changed the world to a new stage, in which countries interdepend on each other no matter in good or bad aspects. For example, if a conflict spreads out in other countries, it might affect you in some aspects, such as economy or diplomacy. To put it another way, because of globalization, a country can no longer conduct independently. As a result, we title the phenomenon as “global village.”   

  Though globalization brings many benefits, such as flourishing economy, experiencing different cultures, and enjoying advanced technology, it also has many serious side-effects. First of all, globalization leads to the existence of international criminal organizations. Criminals broaden their border to other countries to perpetrate bigger and transnational crimes. Even worse, it is much more difficult for policemen to catch all the perpetrators.

Secondly, globalization makes the rich countries richer and the poor countries poorer. Not all the countries can get benefits. Rich countries exploit poor countries in many ways, such as using their workers to do tough jobs in poor conditions with little salary, buying their product in quite low price, or taking valuable resource away. Poor countries can get nothing from globalization, which may trigger hatred and conflicts.

 Last but not least, countries’ own cultures may fade away because of globalization. People get information from foreign countries easily and learn lots of foreign cultures, which may lead to the situation that fewer and fewer people pay attention to their own cultures.   

  Globalization is like a sword with two-side blades. It brings pros and cons. Now that no one can avoid the tread of it, we should focus on how to deal with all the cons it lead.