Globalisation - What’s missing?

Equality. Something that will never be achieved, ever. Why? Greed. Putting this bluntly but the simple fact of the matter it’s all about money. In this rat race there are consequences, not necessarily for those that are chasing cheques but for those that get stepped on along the way. 

Let’s look at it like this –

You are reading this through the use of the internet which obviously someone is paying for. Obviously someone’s paying for every service or item you are provided (you, parents, etc.) For the sake of argument let’s say right now you’re sporting a Sean-John tee, Tommy Hilfiger jeans and some Nike high-tops (not exactly fashionable), three relatively notable brands. To produce these, there was a youth in a Honduran garment factory, a child in Siapan and a little boy in Pakistan respectively slaving away at those for an average of US .24 cents a day. How much would you have had to pay for any of these items of clothing roughly? Take .24 cents off of that, plus the cheap cost of materials and you’ve got the profit.

Now imagine being one of those boys who can’t afford things like the internet. How would you know about world issues? The media ‘has played a crucial role in the acceleration of globalisation’ (Hardenbergh, 2005). But how is it global when not everyone has access to the internet (media)? This is just one example of many that a large majority lack access to.

Hardenbergh, M 2005, The Media and Globalisation, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, vol. 49, issue 4, p519-520