Globalization

I think that globalization is one of the best things that can happen to the people of earth. It makes is so that communities, countries, and nations have to be dependent on each other. Since everybody is dependent on other countries around the world it makes it so that everybody must communicate with each other. When countries are independent it makes it so that they don't have to communicate with other nations which can never be a good thing. When people do not communicate, it makes them seem more foreign and not as friendly. Truly, I believe that for all of the negatives that globalization may seem to have the positives out number indefinitely. The world would be such a better place if everybody communicated with each other. In a few hundred years it wont be different countries or nations, eventually it will be just the world. People will realize that we are all living in the same place, just some people are farther apart from each other. Once that is realized their will be less wars, less hate, less racism, and more peace through out the world. Also, globalization isn't something that can be stopped, it will progress as our communication progresses. I believe it is going to happen weather one wants it to happen or not, it is just a matter of time. Another plus for globalization occurring is its effect on the economy. Globalization will force more companies to compete, in which case prices will drop. I think that when globalization fully occurs their will be a law placed for minimum wage through out the world. Their should not be sweat shops in Africa having people payed 2 cents for the entire day. It is just not right. If this law is not created then the same thing will happen with companies moving from the U.S. to places with cheap labor. Eventually companies will go to a different place with cheaper labor, then a different place once labor gets to be too expensive, and the cycle will repeat it self. For these reasons I strongly am in favor of globalization. It will force countries and nations to communicate with eachother. This will enable more peace through out the world. As I said before it does not matter if I, or anybody else, wants globalization to occur, it is something that will happen as time goes on.

Interest Groups & Thank You For Smoking

The movie Thank You For Smoking was surprisingly, very good. I was not sure what to expect from it. Well, that's not true... what I was expecting from the movie was a boring, informational, documentary that has to do with smoking. That is only because those are the types of movies we watch during school. I was happily surprised to watch a comedic movie discussing the minuses as well as the pluses to smoking. Is their really somebody like this right now, at this very moment that is doing what Nick Naylor is doing. Advocating for the distribution of a poisonous substance? And doing it so successfully? (Not to mention having a continuous monologue describing the major events of his/her life) It is weird to think that their is. It is weird to think that their are hundreds of people just like Nick Naylor advocating for guns, alcohol, smoking, and probably all different types of drugs. The idea of an interest group is interesting. We discussed in class today how the people in the interest group try to bend the truth and deceive the majority of the world with the tittles of their group. For instance in the movie Thank You For Smoking the name of the big tobacco company that Nick Naylor was working for was called The Academy of Tobacco Studies. This sounds like a very productive, studious, formal group that studies the effects of Tobacco. In reality (or the movie's reality) it is a group made to show the benefits of tobacco and deny the negative affects of it. What we also discussed today in class is how money pretty much rules the world. The money that the big tabacco companies make is used to fund research, hire scientists, and premote the good things that smoking can do for you. It is the same for any interest group. The more money it has the more power it has, and that means it has more influence over the public. If I was to start an interest group it would most likely have to do with video games. All I ever hear about them is how they are bad for you in some way or another. I want to find all of the good things that video games can do for somebody. Personally, I think they can do wonders for ones self confidence and many other things. So in conclusion Thank You For Smoking is a very good movie. Interest groups are somewhat scary. The world is ruled by wealth. And last but certainly not least, Videogames are awesome.