Globalization is a one way street with the implicit assumption that we are at the top of the food chain and make all the progress, innovation and rules. The 'i

Globalization is a one way street with the implicit assumption that we are at the top of the food chain and make all the progress, innovation and rules. The 'insignificant other' crashing this party leads to all sorts of dissonance visible in every comment thread on any kind of progress in non-western countries. This is intrinsically tied to identity so when people say we are in a global world its a very superficial construct hiding some dangerous truths for the naive and uninformed.