Hi Paul,
I know that this may be nitpicking, but do you truly believe that all that
needs to be done to arrest multinational/transnational (or whatever other
flavor you choose) globalization is for "one ... to simply 'stop' being a
'consumer'"? Could you expand on this? Lets say that everybody on this
list agreed to stop 'being' consumers--what real-world effect would this
have? Would we hurt the global economy, or, would business just continue as
usual?
Could you also clarify the extent of our 'becoming' non-consumers--what
would this entail? Would there still be products that you would find
acceptable, or, would we have to give up everything that we didn't produce
ourselves? Even if you were able to convince everyone in one country to
accept these conditions would that stop the global process--what would the
ramifications be for that 'bold' country (and a better question is what are
the ramifications for developing countries that attempt to opt out of the
global process).
Thanks Paul for provoking these questions.
Its great to see this list waking up.
Michael Benton
Illinois State University
English Department
Normal, Illinois 61790
All as one needs to do
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>halt globalisation is to simply 'stop' being a 'consumer'...
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>Cheers, Paul.
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