All people are united by their historical hereditary connection to a particular territory. They retain at least some of their specific social, economic, and political customs, languages, traditions, and beliefs. However, the early settlement of Europe and North America had a powerful influence on the existence of all nations. When explorers came to North America, they were the primary reason for the changes in the American Indian tribes. The policy of Europeans sometimes represented a brutal attack on the lands and natural resources of the indigenous people, forced assimilation, and destruction of culture, customs, and traditions (Lothrop et al., 2016). The early exploration of Europe is likewise considered a complicated process, which caused transformations in the customary way of life and conflicts based on distinct national traits. However, it is worth noting that positive changes such as exchanging ideas, technology, and biological cultures worldwide emerged despite the adverse effects. Moreover, settlement contributed to the emergence of capitalism and improved progress.
Thus, the interaction led to a unique society of various ethnic groups. Replacing one type of society with another was progressive and only towards substituting a less differentiated kind of community with a more differentiated one (Robson, 2019). This process was not linear; it had periods of reversion and retreat. However, in general, the history of the West leads precisely to the global society – theoretically, culturally, technologically, socially, and logically. Another matter is that most other non-Western cultures became familiar with this tendency by force – either through colonization or in a defensive attempt to defend identity and independence from the same West (Robson, 2019). Nevertheless, society does not need a cosmopolitan populated by people without ethnicities, cultures, and homelands. Therefore, it is necessary to put forward a fundamental and broadly revolutionary project that looks into the depths of the human spirit and its historical manifestation, a new political theory. An alternative to global society is possible; moreover, it is necessary.
References
Lothrop, J. C., Lowery, D. L., Spiess, A. E., & Ellis, C. J. (2016). Early human settlement of northeastern North America. PaleoAmerica, 2(3), 192-251.
Robson, H. K. (2019). The early settlement of Northern Europe. Antiquity, 93(367), 260-263.