In the case of Wendell Berry's strong advocacy of agrarianism, is that really the only way to solve our ongoing problem of globalization? Or is there another way? Or is it even a problem?
Realistically, yes globalization is a problem, there is no if and or buts about that. As discussed in class, is it really necessary for a shirt to have to be made from the supplies and labor of five continents, when everything we need to make that shirt is available right here?
The only way to save our suffering economy and world from globalization is with a radical reformation of thought. Society as a whole has become entrapped in an endless cycle of greed. The more money we can make the happier we think we can be. It is this train of thought which had lead to the exportation of the vast majority of our industries. If were were to begin to bring those industries back, we could began to think of industry and global advancement in a different light. The effect is that industrial plants would be closer to home, thus architects, urban planners and the like, would have to solve the problem of environmental pollution in their own backyards.
For a long time it has been okay if we make it a problem for someone else, but the moment it becomes our problem we set out to find a solution. And the solution is not ignoring it and hoping it will go away, nor is it sending it somewhere else to be a problem for someone else. Even if we refuse to admit it is our problem when it is in China, or Africa, it WILL eventually become a problem here.
To solve the problem of globalization, which is just the over use of the environment and the environmental resources provided, we must act in the here and now. We must fix ourselves before we an attempt to fix the world.
Realistically, yes globalization is a problem, there is no if and or buts about that. As discussed in class, is it really necessary for a shirt to have to be made from the supplies and labor of five continents, when everything we need to make that shirt is available right here?
ReplyDeleteThe only way to save our suffering economy and world from globalization is with a radical reformation of thought. Society as a whole has become entrapped in an endless cycle of greed. The more money we can make the happier we think we can be. It is this train of thought which had lead to the exportation of the vast majority of our industries. If were were to begin to bring those industries back, we could began to think of industry and global advancement in a different light. The effect is that industrial plants would be closer to home, thus architects, urban planners and the like, would have to solve the problem of environmental pollution in their own backyards.
For a long time it has been okay if we make it a problem for someone else, but the moment it becomes our problem we set out to find a solution. And the solution is not ignoring it and hoping it will go away, nor is it sending it somewhere else to be a problem for someone else. Even if we refuse to admit it is our problem when it is in China, or Africa, it WILL eventually become a problem here.
To solve the problem of globalization, which is just the over use of the environment and the environmental resources provided, we must act in the here and now. We must fix ourselves before we an attempt to fix the world.