The Internet has become ubiquitous and you can have friends all over the world or make global business. You can also order goods from China for attractive prices. We have become a global village. Millennials usually love following western culture standards and do not care that much about their traditions. Here is a ted talk from Wanis Kabbaj with the topic of how we can continue getting perks of globalization and sustain nationalism at the same time
Questions:
1. Are you nationalist or globalist . Why?
2. Would you agree that you could be both? What challenges and opportunities can you see?
3. Do you think Earth government(no countries anymore) is a good idea? Why?
Questions:
1. Are you nationalist or globalist . Why?
2. Would you agree that you could be both? What challenges and opportunities can you see?
3. Do you think Earth government(no countries anymore) is a good idea? Why?
Comments
I'm sure that I can be both because as I sad above I like to live in a modern society, which is western eastern countries, but I also respect my culture and traditions. It gives an amazing opportunity to be a versatile person.
Yes, I do think that it would be good idea but extremely difficult to implement. One of the positive sides is that the idea of Earth government could solve one of the oldest most terrible thing in the would - war.
As a subject of international relationships a country inside its borders should be more or less monolithic. People of that country must clearly see their place in the world to understand, where to improve and how to change or adapt. As you can see, here both nationalism and globalism are come in use.
I don't think the Earth Government s now a good idea. There will be a lot of separatist countries that could collapse the whole thing. And how will you integrate such countries like Russia, China, India, North Korea, USA, undeveloped African countries, what will you do with the tribal societies that still exist? And what kind of government should it be? Capitalistic? But what is capitalism without competition? Communistic, socialistic or fascistic? Unfortunately, we don't have the God-Emperor among us. I cannot see any possibilities for Earth Government nowadays.
I agree with that, thanks to the internet we can act globally - have international friends, read articles written by people living far away from us, participate in worldwide discussions. But still we can follow traditions of our country and identify with it.
In my opinion it wouldn't be a good idea - even now it is hard for governments to manage their countries, each country has its problems and one government wouldn't handle all of them.
But after watching this movie I can say I'm a nationalist as well. I'm proud to come from Poland although a bit ashamed by our current government and it's actions. Way too often we see nationalists as bad people - fascists, with no regard for other nations and no tolerance for others. But if we talk about proud, most of my friends would definitely sign up for being nationalists.
Regarding the idea of the Earth government, I don't really know. On one hand, it would be nice to have some global coordination to handle issues which are bigger then any single nation can handle - preserving nature, fighting global warming, disaster relief actions etc. On the other hand, I don't think a global government would be able to function quickly and decisively regarding local issues - that's why we prefer to have our own national governments. We know they will care about us. Of course, we have ONZ, which in a way is a good start for an Earth government, but it probably needs more power - so it can enforce its rulings. Right now those are more of a suggestion :)
As for whether a global earth government would be a good idea, I don't think it is simply because it would be impossible to implement effectively. There's too many various cultures, ideologies and ways of thinking - it would be impossible to ever get people to agree on what is right, and that is just one on many problems that would make a global nation impossible.