Globalization+pundits

__ Select a person to reinforce or supplement your argument **for** or **against** globalization: __   **//The McDonaldization of Society//** is a 1993 book by sociologist **George Ritzer** which discusses how globalization is homogenizing our world for the worse; people are a product of brand names and cultures are bereft of their individuality. **Kid language: Ritzer = name brands are bad**   **//The Clash of Civilizations//** is a theory, proposed by political scientist **Samuel P. Huntington**, argues that with one civilization superimposing its ideas on others, inevitably conflict will ensue. An analogy is a bully imposing his/her ideas on weaker children, and the notion that those weaker children will eventually rise up and fight, perhaps as a team. [] - conflict  **Thomas Friedman ,** a foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, penned a novel entitled **//The World is Flat//.** He contends that countries are no longer unique or separate, which isn’t necessarily a good or bad thing, but just the reality. Friedman believes countries must work within this new paradigm of global collaboration, competition, and sharing, and consequently make the world a sustainable and economically open society. [] ** Kid language: Friedman = mixing of cultures is just how life is now, we might as well get used to it and move forward in a positive direction, learning and working together **
 * Kid language: Huntington = countries will fight because they have different cultures and when you try to make one culture like another, they will get mad and hold onto their own thoughts even more **