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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Post-Colonialization and Globalization

The culture of a post-colonial nation is often unfamiliar to everyone. The blend between the nation's original culture and the colonized culture is never simple. In Globalization and the Claims of Postcoloniality from the Duke University Press, post-colonialism as well as globalization seem to be put up on a pedestal of sorts as if they are the ways of the new world. I personally have to disagree. The idea of colonialism is bad enough as it is, even though that's what this country is founded on. No country truly has any good reason to colonize another place other than for their own personal benefit. I highly doubt there has been a time in history that a place was colonized for their own good. That makes absolutely no sense. Who is anyone to make such a claim like that anyway? Who has the gull to claim that they are invading and forcing change upon a place and that it is solely for their own good? It's a load of crap.

As far as globalization goes, the second article Towards a Critique of Globalcentrism: Speculations on Capitalism's Nature also from the Duke University Press, brings up an excellent point that the world generally views Capitalism as some kind of wonderful tool that governs society simply because of how it conquered socialism at the turn of the century. Because of this, of course, socialism is generally viewed as a bad thing, and so the world generally takes on a view that Capitalistic countries are far better than Socialistic ones. In reality, neither should be held up on any sort of pedestal! If the world uniformly agrees that, let's say, Capitalism is the greatest form of government, then so much will be lost culturally in the transition to capitalism. The idea of a globalized world reminds me The Borg from Star Trek: one hive, one mind. There would be no differences between people whatsoever. Everyone will love and hate the same thing, and those who choose to think apart from that will be ostracized. The idea of globalization sounds great on paper, but I believe that the world community is not ready for something like that. We as humans hate too easily. Things like love and hope would need to drive the togetherness of this community, but again, people are too emotional. It is just impractical, as far as I can tell.

2 comments:

  1. YAY- you put into words something I can now finally grasp, "an excellent point that the world generally views Capitalism as some kind of wonderful tool that governs society simply because of how it conquered socialism at the turn of the century." This is interesting to think about since it clearly is still existing in one form or another at this turn of the century. Why do we hate so easily?

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  2. My number 1 fan...lol. It is still existing today. Americans look at Socialism as some sort of bane to the world despite the fact that several countries thrive peacefully with it. Ask our professor the story of how his wife got her degree. It is thanks to Socialism. I'm not condoning Capitalism, mind you. I'm on the fence myself, but that is another discussion for another day.

    As far as hate...that's such a good question, and I wish I had a perfect answer for you, but I don't. I will say, though, that hate comes from two things: the mind and the ego. My philosophy is that you and your mind are two separate things entirely. I think one thing, my mind thinks another. Pretty radical, and I can tell you all about it in person if you so desire, just let me know.

    However, as long as people have an ego that strives to be the best and a mind that seeks only to please itself, there will be hate. Period.

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