Acquiescence to Globalization

[RonneJJones]

Intellectual John Ralston Saul charges intellectuals and academics of acquiescing with the ideology of globalization.

Intellectual Acquiescnece to Globalization 1


Intellectual Acquiescence to Globalization 2

 

[RonneJJones]

Some rough notes from part 1 of the speech, where John Ralston Saul presents media examples of Propaganda regarding Globalization and discusses issues related to this propaganda.

• Globalization is inevitable (he follows-up on this.... see below)
• Gov'ts are more powerful than markets
• Society is taking the direction that it is due to the communications revolution
• Admission that Intellectual Property will have major impact on Int'l Trade System
• Globalization defeats competition through the creation of global oligopolies
• No discussion about the direction that we are heading
• Globalization needs more PR to be sold to the losers.
• If Globalization is inevitable, then how can its undoubted overall benefits be at risk? If it can be at risk, than it cannot be inevitable.
• Protectism can not be allowed to return
• German leader says we need to develop a code to protect ourselves from the marketplace.
• Where is the massive national intellectual discussion on this new system?
• It was acknowledged by Microsoft that it was an Oligopoly, and the EU forced MS to sell code to competitors in order to enter the EU marketplace.
• 12M farmers agree not to save seeds in order to replant them.