Globalization

Before reading the article about globalization I was on the fence on whether I thought globalization was positive or negative. I was more on the positive side but after reading I have completely succumbed to the negative side.  I had to read the part of the article about why globalization was positive; however, it wasn’t as detailed as the argument against globalization. The main evidence of the article was how China and India have greatly progressed because of globalization. Throughout the article, the author continuously tries to back up her argument by stating the same facts over and over. For example, she kept mentioning how much more money people in China are now making because of globalization and how the middle class can afford things that they once could never afford.  She really doesn’t talk about anything else until she talks about India but even then she’s repeating everything she said about China. If globalization is really positive there should be more examples of different situations that prove this.

After my partner explained the no point of view, I realized that I definitely was not for globalization. The author of this article gave so much more evidence to back up their argument. They talked about how globalization can lead to terrorism, diseases, the proliferation of weapons, and much more. Perhaps globalization was once a good a thing when it first started, but I think as time has progressed it has turned into something negative.