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Without globalization, none of my dreams would be possible.
My dreams:
- meeting a Geisha
- moving to Paris and working as a street artist
- eating imported pasta
- buying chairs made my rugged Italians

Ok. So perhaps none of these are my dreams, but they may be someone’s. And my dreams certainly do include traveling to different countries, learning about cultures and customs, and experiencing a life different than the one I’ve grow up with. These dreams would not be possible without the aid of globalization.

This has, more or less, made everything accessible. I can drive a car made from another state, or I can get one from Japan. I can watch a movie from California, or France. Globalization has opened doors that wouldn’t have even been imagined before. It allows constant communication, exchange, transportation. It must be pretty obvious that I am grateful for globalization. I think that it has produced a lot of opportunities that have been, on a whole, very beneficial for my culture. However, I realize that it is a much more complex issue that just “Globalization is great”. It has led to an array of problems...growing consumerism, a widening space between the wealthy and the not so wealthy, etc.

But I think the pros outweigh the cons. The exchange of information has allowed many to educate themselves on different cultures, helping them further understand the people living with them on this earth. In my opinion, it has helped increase awareness on a plethora of issues and has started to reduce cultural tensions.

And there are tangible things I have gained from globalization. I can watch Paris, Je T’aime as many times as I want. I can listen to Israeli rap stars spitting hot fire. And of course, like Foer states so many times, I can watch the great sport of soccer, from any country in the world, in America.