GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Imperialism, Hard Power, Human Development Index
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Tech has shrunk the perception of space and time. Travelers internationally can communicate back home instantly. 2340000 results and 0. 69 secs on google. Fin transactions trillion moves though the us banking system globally. Has led to the world believing that it is a global community rather than just local. Has led to the mixing of different cultures. Has slowly diminished the idea of the national identity replacing it with a global, post-national identity. Globe represents cosmopolitan view if er all got a chance to view the world from space we would think differently . Cosmopolitans believe meaning and value resides in the individual and that value are universal. Communitarians believe that meaning and value resides in the community patriotist worldview. Community values vs. freedom of expression/religion a: law and quebec to try to ban religious expressions in workplace. One way to look at globalization is that it is pushed by certain powerful actors with their own interests.
