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I suggest you read 'The Technological Society' by Jacques Ellul. It's not an easy read, the sort of book where you take lots of notes and then learn from the no
by Drumlin 10y ago
I suggest you read 'The Technological Society' by Jacques Ellul. It's not an easy read, the sort of book where you take lots of notes and then learn from the notes:
https://www.amazon.com/Technological-Society-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394703901/ https://www.amazon.com/Technological-Society-Jacques-Ellul/d...
Recent generations have been conditioned by society to accept globalisation - amongst other things. The book, which I only recently read myself, describes what has been happening for hundreds of years and it's to do with progress - technical progress, of which technology is just the pinnacle.
Those people who were against globalisation on the left were the old guard, the people who were strong supporters of trade unions and were proud of their local communities. Sanders is an example in the US, Corbyn or Skinner are examples in the UK.
- rdtsc 10y agoThanks for the tip. I just ordered it. Heard of it before but never got to reading it.
- Drumlin 10y agoAnother source that you might find interesting is Mark Blyth - a lecturer from Brown Uni. He looks at these topics from a long term economic viewpoint. He has a left wing academic perspective, which clouds his conclusions though. There are lots of lectures from him on YouTube.