Recently, many articles published by far-right media claimed that globalization is not just destroying the borders but also cultural identity related to a nation. Some socialists have also claimed that globalization creates inequality and poverty and that it encourages the exploitation of labor and implementation of capitalism into a country's economic model. Both of the groups consider globalization to be a threat to nations. I can clearly resonate with them because of my background: my parents suffered from bankruptcy and long-term unemployment during the 2008 financial crisis, and had it not been for globalization things would get lots better since the world wouldn't have to bail out U. S banks. However, I can't agree with them.
In this essay, I argue that globalization is not a threat to nations. To do so, I will outline two supporting arguments while responding to possible challenges to my approaches and objections. I argue that globalization leads to peace and interdependence, both of which are important for the preservation of the idea of nations. I will move this further, that national identity is similar to that of a person, and society is the aggregation of all nations. Some may object to my arguments, pretending globalization will eliminate the distinctive characteristics of a nation, and that it is a weak analogy to suppose a nation as a person.
I first argue that nationhood, drastically different from statehood, refers to a group of people who share the same vision, religion, traditions, or history.
Globalization is not a threat to nations. I argue that globalization leads to interdependence on resources, money, or laborers. Nations with interdependence with each other would not want to see this balance broken because of differences in cultures, traditions, and history. To avoid the situation, nations would start communicating with each other and learning others' cultures, eventually realizing that peace and mutual respect's cultures are the necessary conditions for both nations to preserve.
Some may challenge this approach. They argue that globalization leads to the elimination of distinctive characteristics of different nations by mixing up every culture to create a new one that nations may find familiar to their original culture but cannot be completely familiar with the new one. They hold that nations provide people who have similar cultures and traditions with security and recognition. I, however, do not find this counter-argument convincing.
Globalization fosters communication between different nations. Nations may have developed the same characteristics, but it does not therefore follow that globalization would eliminate the idea of nations. Lack of respect and understanding of others' nations or cultures would, unfortunately, lead to turmoils and wars between the two nations, eventually leading to the destruction of nations and cultures affiliated with them.
I further argue that if it is true that nations are groups of people who share the same cultures, visions, traditions, or history, then it does follow that a nation is like a person with his/her full understanding of his/her ethnicity. The aggregation of nations is therefore similar to the society. A person cannot enjoy well-being if it lives outside society and society provides conditions for people to flourish while they get to keep their identities. Similarly, nations cannot live independently of each other or they'll fail to flourish.
Some might object to this approach, arguing it's a weak comparison between a person and a nation. They argue that a nation cannot be understood as a human being since a nation consists of different people with different visions, traditions, or cultures. The argument fails, in my opinion. I contend that -the objection presupposes that there can't exist a distinct characteristic in a country- by doing so, the objection already contradicts its claim that globalization is a threat to nations since nations are not entirely different from each other.
Recently,
many
articles published by far-right media claimed that globalization is not
just
destroying the borders
but
also
cultural identity related to a
nation
.
Some
socialists have
also
claimed that globalization creates inequality and poverty and that it encourages the exploitation of labor and implementation of capitalism into a country's economic model. Both of the groups consider globalization to be a
threat
to
nations
. I can
clearly
resonate with them
because
of my background: my parents suffered from bankruptcy and long-term unemployment during the 2008 financial crisis, and had it not been for globalization things would
get
lots better since the world wouldn't
have to
bail out U. S banks.
However
, I can't
agree
with them.
In this essay, I
argue
that globalization is not a
threat
to
nations
. To do
so
, I will outline two supporting arguments while responding to possible challenges to my approaches and objections. I
argue
that globalization leads to peace and interdependence, both of which are
important
for the preservation of the
idea
of
nations
. I will
move
this
further
, that national identity is similar to that of a
person
, and
society
is the aggregation of all
nations
.
Some
may object to my arguments, pretending globalization will eliminate the distinctive
characteristics
of a
nation
, and that it is a weak analogy to suppose a
nation
as a person.
I
first
argue
that nationhood,
drastically
different
from statehood, refers to a group of
people
who share the same vision, religion,
traditions
, or history.
Globalization is not a
threat
to
nations
. I
argue
that globalization leads to interdependence on resources, money, or laborers.
Nations
with interdependence with each
other
would not want to
see
this balance broken
because
of differences in
cultures
,
traditions
, and history. To avoid the situation,
nations
would
start
communicating with each
other
and learning others'
cultures
,
eventually
realizing that peace and mutual respect's
cultures
are the necessary conditions for both
nations
to preserve.
Some
may
challenge
this approach. They
argue
that globalization leads to the elimination of distinctive
characteristics
of
different
nations
by mixing up every
culture
to create a new one that
nations
may find familiar to their original
culture
but
cannot be completely familiar with the new one. They hold that
nations
provide
people
who have similar
cultures
and
traditions
with security and recognition. I,
however
, do not find this counter-argument convincing.
Globalization fosters communication between
different
nations
.
Nations
may have developed the same
characteristics
,
but
it does not
therefore
follow that globalization would eliminate the
idea
of
nations
. Lack of respect and understanding of others'
nations
or
cultures
would, unfortunately,
lead
to turmoils and wars between the two
nations
,
eventually
leading to the destruction of
nations
and
cultures
affiliated with them.
I
further
argue
that if it is true that
nations
are groups of
people
who share the same
cultures
, visions,
traditions
, or history, then it does follow that a
nation
is like a
person
with his/her full understanding of his/her ethnicity. The aggregation of
nations
is
therefore
similar to the
society
. A
person
cannot enjoy well-being if it
lives
outside
society
and
society
provides conditions for
people
to flourish while they
get
to
keep
their identities.
Similarly
,
nations
cannot
live
independently
of each
other or
they'll fail to flourish.
Some
might object to this approach, arguing it's a weak comparison between a
person
and a
nation
. They
argue
that a
nation
cannot
be understood
as a human being since a
nation
consists of
different
people
with
different
visions,
traditions
, or
cultures
. The argument fails, in my opinion. I contend that -the objection presupposes that there can't exist a distinct
characteristic
in a country- by doing
so
, the objection already contradicts its claim that globalization is a
threat
to
nations
since
nations
are not
entirely
different
from each
other
.