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It's not even a very meaningful divide; to a lot of people, globalism means furthering exploitation and imperialism through cheaper labour and more lax laws and
by claudiawerner 8y ago
It's not even a very meaningful divide; to a lot of people, globalism means furthering exploitation and imperialism through cheaper labour and more lax laws and moving natural resources away from peoples' countries abroad, and nationalism means tribal, exclusionary and potentially even fascist non-empancipatory politics. I'd say that there are a lot of people sharing my kind of anti-capitalist and anti-nationalist position, and the number is growing, by the looks of the growth of the DSA in the U.S. and Labour in the U.K. However right-wing nationalist politics seems to be gaining popularity in European countries.
- woodandsteel 8y agoThe alternative to globalism is the endless wars that the human race suffered for thousands of years.
- claudiawerner 8y agoWhy do you say that?
- StanislavPetrov 8y agoIts incredibly naive to think that the problem is one of government and not human nature. An infinitely powerful central government might mean an end to wars, but it would also mean an infinitely corrupt, authoritarian world. To avoid major conflicts we should move towards decentralizing power, rather than the opposite.