Random musings...Globalism...

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Everybody seems hell bent on going global. Globalism is on the rise. How is it being executed? Well, through incentive, which encourages mass migration, multi citizenship, promise of access to global resources and wealth, etc..

The move towards globalism has a few hurdles. It's quite difficult to rule the world, when a one nation state has control of the reserve currency. It's quite difficult to rule the world, when the people have cash. It's quite difficult to rule the world, where countries remain sovereign. Sovereign nation states are probably the most difficult to flip...because culture.

As far as the reserve currency goes, I suspect it's not going to be all too easy to pry that position away from the country which owns the currency. I don't really think going digital currency will make it so, either. That's just my uneducated guess, though.

Cash, on the other hand, will be quite easy. Everybody, except maybe the old, want a cashless society. We saw this behavior back in 2020/2021, where people went out and got the key, which allowed them to have a social life, and not have to stay home. It seems the common belief that a digital currency will preserve the anonymity provided by cash. But, nothing in the digital world will provide unbreakable anonymity...because AI.

Mass migration, seems to be an effort to remove the culture of nations, replacing it with generic mixed culture. At the same time the moral compass of nations is being destroyed as new moral values are being introduced, and present ones reinterpreted. Multi culturalism, is not only driven by people seeking asylum from their war torn countries. It's also inviting people from economically weak nations into your own country, instead of encouraging them to build their own economy into a strong and prosperous one.

There is also the problem of multi citizenship, which seems to be a goal for some to reach. The problem with mass migration and multi citizenship is loyalty, or rather the lack thereof. Most countries are identified by their cultures and most people seem to be loyal to their culture of origin. This is evident in sports. Citizens, even those who have renounced their original citizenship, will root for their culture of origin. Waving the flag representing that culture's country. It even gets very emotional sometimes, evolving into violence. Yes, it's only sports, but it is evidence, even if minimal.

As countries are flooded with multiple cultures, governments seem to have realized they have found a natural way of governing via divide and rule. With that, they seem quite happy to just let it happen. Our moral compass is mostly formed by our cultural values, and even immigrants won't give up their cultural moral values. Without some effort, we can't escape our culture. This seems to be the a paradox of globalism, or a blessing, depending on who you ask, I guess.

Encouraging Multi citizenship is the key to insuring change in a sovereign nation. Especially if holders of multiple citizenship’s can be put into government. That is where cultural loyalty becomes a weapon. This could well be how governments, especially western governments, will be brought down.

When governments deprive their citizens of their own culture, is when you realize that the change is already being implemented. Globalization will not be pretty, at least in the beginning.

Globalism removes the color from our world, like bleach removes the color from our clothes. Globalism is like bleach.

Just random musings...

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Phew, I need to sort this out for myself... I’m not entirely sure whether your criticism or concerns are directed at globalism or globalisation. Perhaps the two are getting mixed up?

I regard nations and borders as arbitrary, artificial constructs, mostly arising from armed conflicts. Nevertheless, people within nations feel a need for a certain degree of homogeneity – those famous shared cultural values.

Now, migration and the ‘mixing’ of populations are taking place…

Apart from the fact that I’m a great advocate of freedom of movement, open borders, free trade, freedom of establishment, etc., and actually welcome the trend, I see a weakness in its implementation in that there is ONLY this opening up and no fundamental change. In other words: of course an entrepreneur will minimise his costs by choosing a low-wage country for his production (to hell with health and safety, social justice, environmental issues, etc.). Yes, in some cases he simply has no other option – either he remains competitive or he closes his business.

Okay, that’s a gross oversimplification; in the age of multinational corporations and international consortia, there are entirely different mechanisms at play.

All of this reduces so-called globalisation to absurdity. For it does not serve to improve living standards or safeguard human rights across the globe; it is a market tool. One of many. Just like war, for that matter...

Nevertheless, the principle behind it remains something to strive for: an end to nationalism, an end to border disputes and restrictions. One can always dream... ;-))

Very good points.

I don't have a problem with globalism/globalization per se. For me it's just a matter of connecting the dots, in the moment. The way those dots connect for me, show me that we are in for a rough ride.

But, one question I still have, which no one seems to have asked. What stake does the richest 1% have in this move towards globalism/globalization?

I don't think we are headed for a Star Trek type of global government. I think it will be a bit more gloomy, at least for those of us on the lower end of the economic ladder.