Process of globalization
Nowadays, the process of globalization cannot be stopped and neglected. People have to make fast decisions, consider innovations and improvements in a short period of time, and follow the examples demonstrated by others. In fact, people are so fond of the idea to be helpful for others and not to do harm to themselves that they can easily accept such propositions as corporatization, fair trade, and ethical consumerism because these issues promote and support safe development. Sometimes, it is hard to realize how influential the idea of economic relations could be in the lives of ordinary people.
Universities become corporatized, ethical consumerism misinforms people, and altruistic intentions make people blind; therefore, it is high time for people to realize that they become dependent on all those issues or even their personal decisions concerning the possibility to make poor people rich. Despite the fact that many sources of information about fair trade and the methods of advertising are available to people and discussed at schools, colleges, and universities, people fail to comprehend one simple thing that consumerism cannot be the answer to all human problems.
For example, in his video, Slavoj Zizek discusses such activity as charity and its impact on the lives of poor or starving children. Consumers want to believe that if they buy a certain pair of shoes or an identified product, they can do a good thing and help another person.
However, not much time is spent evaluating the whole situation and try to clarify how exactly that kind of purchase can influence a life of another person. People want to believe that globalization is something that can make the exchange of help and support possible around the whole globe. However, even universities cannot give a clear answer if such ethical consumerism could be helpful. Therefore, it is possible to say that even universities become corporatized because students learn a lot about ethics, human behavior, etc. Still, they cannot actually comprehend why they need all of this.
The possibility to combine the analysis
One of the most powerful aspects of my colleague’s posting is the possibility to combine the analysis of the already offered material with some new theoretical issues and a personal opinion. In the post, a doubtful nature of ethical consumerism is critically discussed. Still, this post reminds me one of the reactionary responses introduced in the video by Gary Younge. Both authors have their own goals properly established at the beginning of their speeches and end their projects with absolutely new thoughts.
Their speeches and comments prove one fact that it is so easy but never forbidden to mislead or distract a person from one point and introduce or even impose the importance of another point. Younge attracts many people using his intentions to discuss Trump’s activities and his inappropriateness for being the President of the USA. Still, the end of his response is not about Trump but about such issues as an economic crisis, migration, and other social problems that challenge people.
The post of my colleague is similar because the beginning is about people being fooled as consumers, and the ending is about the ideas of disempowerment and poor working conditions that bother people. These reactionary responses show that the current problems that are observed in the political, economic, cultural, social, and religious worlds actually coexist and even intertwine that people cannot understand where one problem ends and another problem begins.