At ReclaimDemocracy.org I found some more information on globalization - around the venue of what we've been discussing in class. Take a look at some of the "issues" in the side bar and tell us what you think and what you found.
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8 comments:
Susan Tyner said:
The first red flag went up when I saw the name of their organization "Reclaim Democracy."
I believe we really need to stay with the representation republic as originally intended. Everyone has heard the old joke about how a democracy is defined as three wolves and a sheep voting on what's for lunch. Too much is at stake to make state and federal elections on par with "American Idol" competitions.
I do agree that corporations shouldn't be granted legal personhood but that has been the case since early in the twentieth century if memory serves.
We know all about the Florida recount brou-ha-ha in 2000 but the same thing happened in 1960 - Nixon could have challenged the results of the Illinois count but didn't and so Kennedy won the presidency (or some would say Joe Kennedy Sr. bought it for him.) My point being is that all this apparent skullduggery didn't start with the Bush/Gore drama of 2000.
I'm one of those people who believes that voting in state and local elections is probably still efficacious but as for the presidential elections, who knows? I'll lay odds that our next president has already been chosen (adjusts tinfoil hat.)
Susan Tyner
At first glance, what grabbed my attention almost immediately was Wal-Mart. It has been a topic that has come up quite frequently in class decisions and it was the only major corporation on this list. When I clicked on the link there was an endless list of articles written about them, from the dangers of doing business with Wal-Mart to accusations of monopoly. Maybe it’s random, but it made me think, why has Wal-Mart been able to become so successful despite all the awful accusations made against them? And if we wanted to stop it, could we or will people always choose low prices over mistreatment towards employees?
Daniela
When i was reading the section on "The Great Myths..." i found it interesting that "Over 20 years of increased liberalization of trade and growing corporate dominance from 1980-2000, growth rates are down and many key social indicators are down compared to the previous 20 years". So the last 20 Years give or take has affected the growth rates and now they are down. So i this makes me wonder how much of globalization is really a problem. Well sure it is a problem because they are so greatly increasing. But at the same time, the rate they are growing isnt blooming the same way it was.
-Earls
Marcus F. (Blog 15)
Nice flag they have on their web site, I like all the logos and brands as the "starts" of the show. Not!!! I’m not sure if they think this is funny or cool but it’s in very poor taste!!!
It just goes to show even the Reclaim Democracy folks will crawl down in the gutter and use the American flag with all the brands & adds on it to "Make a statement against corporate corruption" God what an bunch of jack wipes, the don’t even realize they are just advertising all the brands they are trying to make a statement against. Very funny?? Or pathetic!!
"Trading in Our Democracy?" This might just be me but I failed to understand how they linked trade with democracy. They mostly only talked about cases that took place but they never mentioned the outcome of those cases. Only a small part was devoted to explain how we are trading in our democracy and it was the statement about "all corporations may challenge the local, state and federal laws that govern the rest of us." Exactly what laws are they talking about? Laws regarding freedom of speech, press, etc. or laws that only affect business owners?
The previous comment was mine.
Jose M.S.
I would just like to mention that after reading many of the articles on ReclaimDemocracy.org I thought that I could find some data that contradicts a lot of things they are saying. And even though some of the points they make are valid I still think that they just find that information because they are looking for it, the same goes for the readers. I think that only people who want to hear what they are saying about such corporations like Wal-Mart will actually read it and agree with it and others who disagree with it will not even read it based on the title. What I am trying to say is that data can be found or it can be manipulated to serve one's needs.
Jose M.S.
Closed.
Angela
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