Now, of course, I think of more to say, like, why do they think that we, as a nation, 4% of the world population, have the right to live as we do, consuming over 30% of its natural resources? We can only successfully argue that this lifestyle is our right if we maintain this ethnocentric point of view, which explains why our government is getting us into wars. If we are concentrated on our country, our nationalism, our way of life, and remain ignorant of conditions world-wide, then higher perspectives, world-centric points of view, can't be promulgated. NAFTA, for instance, has been a big detriment to the US economy, but has been a boon to the countries where those jobs relocated.
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Date: 2008-01-22 07:59 pm (UTC)