An X-ray of the Evolution
of Globalization
Globalization
is in the DNA of societies.
It is simply
an integral part of the evolution of societies.
It is realized through trading products, communicating ideas, relocation
and movement of people, and, in summary, through any exchange among people and organizations.
Historically, it is
traced back to the incipient exchange of people.
It entails “learning” which is embedded in
the “exchange.” In our times,
globalization has taken hold and seemingly dominates our
politico-socio-economic environment because of advancement of, and increase in,
communications and transportation.
Specifically,
globalization is dominating our environment through the following drivers:
Trade
Trade
International trade has expedited the exchange among countries and people.
The new regimes of trade such as Multilateralization
and Regionalization have both contributed to an unfettered increase of the
world economy through optimum asset allocation, competition and increased
utilization of differential advantages.
Technology
The
exchange among people and organizations has been expedited by technology which is
increasing beyond the control of any government. Technology has proliferated communications
which have favorably impacted trade, economic exchange, and migration.
Economic
Imperialism
The
American economy, among the largest world economies, is a mixed economy with a
market overtone. The American economy’s
market overtone focused on mitigating international and investment barriers
using unilateral or multilateral trade agreements. In the global environment, U.S. economic
actors employ a neoliberal approach in their trade or economic exchange. Those actors pursue advantage maximization as
their preeminent goal which results in increasing employment and greater
standard of living at home. They dominate
foreign markets by exploiting local economic assets using the strategy of “location
economies”, that is, materials and labor, as well as, by effectively employing
the strategies of “Standardization” and “Customization.”
The Current Events
Countries
in the global economy are not just engaging in economic competition. They are showing vivid signs of geopolitical
antagonism as they are attempting to achieve a premium position in a polyarchic
global environment.
The
incidence of “nationalism” as opposed to “globalism” has given rise to much
conflict in societies. For instance, the
concepts of “diversity” and “inclusion” dominate in the American society and in
particular in American Academia. Diversity is one of the clearest evidences of current globalization
trends. Although “diversity”
produces a definitive advantage in organizational exchange resulting in optimum
economic benefits, its Achilles heel is that it promotes cross-cultural
permeation leading to dilution of national cultural values.
Geopolitical Antagonism –
A “World” in Disarray
Geopolitical
antagonism is an integral part of global economic antagonism. Nations whose economies have dominated the
global environment are seeking to influence individual countries using economic
strength and military prowess. For
instance, China has openly positioned itself to take on the U.S. in its
conflict with it over Taiwan. In reviewing China’s development, we can attest to the rhythm of the pace of global governance.
In 2001, when China entered the WTO its GDP
was $1.3 trillion. In 2020, China’s GDP
reached $14.7 trillion, and, in 2021, China’s GDP grew to $17.5 trillion.
This growth has been fueled by the U.S.
through the insatiable consumptive behavior of the American people. Projections indicate that China’s GDP will
surpass that of the U.S. by 2030. On the global economic front, efforts are currently being undertaken by China and the rest of the
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), to replace the U.S. Dollar as
the international reserve currency, rendering the 1944 relevant Bretton Woods
agreement void.
Furthermore, the
collective economy of the world is running a debt that would be prohibitive and
unacceptable at the national level, that is, for any one individual
nation. The ratio of world debt to world
GDP is over 350%. The debt-to-GDP ratio
of the U.S. in 2022 was 134%. The Eurogroup,
in 2010, declared Greece bankrupt because its debt-to-GDP ratio was in excess
of 140%. Well, might the U.S. be
declared bankrupt, the way Greece was, should its debt-to-GDP ratio reach 140% or beyond?
Cross-Cultural Permeation
Global
forces, such as those discussed earlier, have inevitably brought about dilution
of national cultures. Social anthropology
defines two types of culture; institutional (Regulative) and
cognitive-cultural. Any functioning
organization has both of these embedded in it. The unavoidable interfacing of these two antithetical cultures produces
a third culture known as trans-culturalism. This third culture is responsible for the
ensuing dilution of cultural values. We
may rationally infer that dilution of cultural values is endemic to
globalization and a definitive characteristic of cross-cultural exchange. Furthermore, although “values” are the most
stable component among those of “beliefs”, “norms”, “customs”, “traditions”, “cognitive
elements” and “socio-economic systems” they cannot avoid or evade change or transformation.
It follows that the greater the agility of
globalization the speedier the dilution of “values.” This trend is further accentuated by the
cultural evolution of newer generations, as they tend to repudiate the older
generations’ values.
The Future - Expectations
Once
we have a true and reliable diagnosis of the historic evolution and the current status of
the world, we can start developing insights into taking corrective action to
mitigate potential threats. The above
discussion points to the following critical solutions:
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
Technology
The
exchange among people and organizations has been expedited by technology which is
increasing beyond the control of any government. Technology has proliferated communications
which have favorably impacted trade, economic exchange, and migration.
Economic
Imperialism
The
American economy, among the largest world economies, is a mixed economy with a
market overtone. The American economy’s
market overtone focused on mitigating international and investment barriers
using unilateral or multilateral trade agreements. In the global environment, U.S. economic
actors employ a neoliberal approach in their trade or economic exchange. Those actors pursue advantage maximization as
their preeminent goal which results in increasing employment and greater
standard of living at home. They dominate
foreign markets by exploiting local economic assets using the strategy of “location
economies”, that is, materials and labor, as well as, by effectively employing
the strategies of “Standardization” and “Customization.”
The Current Events
Countries
in the global economy are not just engaging in economic competition. They are showing vivid signs of geopolitical
antagonism as they are attempting to achieve a premium position in a polyarchic
global environment.
The
incidence of “nationalism” as opposed to “globalism” has given rise to much
conflict in societies. For instance, the
concepts of “diversity” and “inclusion” dominate in the American society and in
particular in American Academia. Diversity is one of the clearest evidences of current globalization
trends. Although “diversity”
produces a definitive advantage in organizational exchange resulting in optimum
economic benefits, its Achilles heel is that it promotes cross-cultural
permeation leading to dilution of national cultural values.
Geopolitical Antagonism –
A “World” in Disarray
Geopolitical
antagonism is an integral part of global economic antagonism. Nations whose economies have dominated the
global environment are seeking to influence individual countries using economic
strength and military prowess. For
instance, China has openly positioned itself to take on the U.S. in its
conflict with it over Taiwan. In reviewing China’s development, we can attest to the rhythm of the pace of global governance.
In 2001, when China entered the WTO its GDP
was $1.3 trillion. In 2020, China’s GDP
reached $14.7 trillion, and, in 2021, China’s GDP grew to $17.5 trillion.
This growth has been fueled by the U.S.
through the insatiable consumptive behavior of the American people. Projections indicate that China’s GDP will
surpass that of the U.S. by 2030. On the global economic front, efforts are currently being undertaken by China and the rest of the
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), to replace the U.S. Dollar as
the international reserve currency, rendering the 1944 relevant Bretton Woods
agreement void.
Furthermore, the
collective economy of the world is running a debt that would be prohibitive and
unacceptable at the national level, that is, for any one individual
nation. The ratio of world debt to world
GDP is over 350%. The debt-to-GDP ratio
of the U.S. in 2022 was 134%. The Eurogroup,
in 2010, declared Greece bankrupt because its debt-to-GDP ratio was in excess
of 140%. Well, might the U.S. be
declared bankrupt, the way Greece was, should its debt-to-GDP ratio reach 140% or beyond?
Cross-Cultural Permeation
Global
forces, such as those discussed earlier, have inevitably brought about dilution
of national cultures. Social anthropology
defines two types of culture; institutional (Regulative) and
cognitive-cultural. Any functioning
organization has both of these embedded in it. The unavoidable interfacing of these two antithetical cultures produces
a third culture known as trans-culturalism. This third culture is responsible for the
ensuing dilution of cultural values. We
may rationally infer that dilution of cultural values is endemic to
globalization and a definitive characteristic of cross-cultural exchange. Furthermore, although “values” are the most
stable component among those of “beliefs”, “norms”, “customs”, “traditions”, “cognitive
elements” and “socio-economic systems” they cannot avoid or evade change or transformation.
It follows that the greater the agility of
globalization the speedier the dilution of “values.” This trend is further accentuated by the
cultural evolution of newer generations, as they tend to repudiate the older
generations’ values.
The Future - Expectations
Once
we have a true and reliable diagnosis of the historic evolution and the current status of
the world, we can start developing insights into taking corrective action to
mitigate potential threats. The above
discussion points to the following critical solutions:
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
Economic
Imperialism
The
American economy, among the largest world economies, is a mixed economy with a
market overtone. The American economy’s
market overtone focused on mitigating international and investment barriers
using unilateral or multilateral trade agreements. In the global environment, U.S. economic
actors employ a neoliberal approach in their trade or economic exchange. Those actors pursue advantage maximization as
their preeminent goal which results in increasing employment and greater
standard of living at home. They dominate
foreign markets by exploiting local economic assets using the strategy of “location
economies”, that is, materials and labor, as well as, by effectively employing
the strategies of “Standardization” and “Customization.”
The Current Events
Countries
in the global economy are not just engaging in economic competition. They are showing vivid signs of geopolitical
antagonism as they are attempting to achieve a premium position in a polyarchic
global environment.
The
incidence of “nationalism” as opposed to “globalism” has given rise to much
conflict in societies. For instance, the
concepts of “diversity” and “inclusion” dominate in the American society and in
particular in American Academia. Diversity is one of the clearest evidences of current globalization
trends. Although “diversity”
produces a definitive advantage in organizational exchange resulting in optimum
economic benefits, its Achilles heel is that it promotes cross-cultural
permeation leading to dilution of national cultural values.
Geopolitical Antagonism –
A “World” in Disarray
Geopolitical
antagonism is an integral part of global economic antagonism. Nations whose economies have dominated the
global environment are seeking to influence individual countries using economic
strength and military prowess. For
instance, China has openly positioned itself to take on the U.S. in its
conflict with it over Taiwan. In reviewing China’s development, we can attest to the rhythm of the pace of global governance.
In 2001, when China entered the WTO its GDP
was $1.3 trillion. In 2020, China’s GDP
reached $14.7 trillion, and, in 2021, China’s GDP grew to $17.5 trillion.
This growth has been fueled by the U.S.
through the insatiable consumptive behavior of the American people. Projections indicate that China’s GDP will
surpass that of the U.S. by 2030. On the global economic front, efforts are currently being undertaken by China and the rest of the
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), to replace the U.S. Dollar as
the international reserve currency, rendering the 1944 relevant Bretton Woods
agreement void.
Furthermore, the
collective economy of the world is running a debt that would be prohibitive and
unacceptable at the national level, that is, for any one individual
nation. The ratio of world debt to world
GDP is over 350%. The debt-to-GDP ratio
of the U.S. in 2022 was 134%. The Eurogroup,
in 2010, declared Greece bankrupt because its debt-to-GDP ratio was in excess
of 140%. Well, might the U.S. be
declared bankrupt, the way Greece was, should its debt-to-GDP ratio reach 140% or beyond?
Cross-Cultural Permeation
Global
forces, such as those discussed earlier, have inevitably brought about dilution
of national cultures. Social anthropology
defines two types of culture; institutional (Regulative) and
cognitive-cultural. Any functioning
organization has both of these embedded in it. The unavoidable interfacing of these two antithetical cultures produces
a third culture known as trans-culturalism. This third culture is responsible for the
ensuing dilution of cultural values. We
may rationally infer that dilution of cultural values is endemic to
globalization and a definitive characteristic of cross-cultural exchange. Furthermore, although “values” are the most
stable component among those of “beliefs”, “norms”, “customs”, “traditions”, “cognitive
elements” and “socio-economic systems” they cannot avoid or evade change or transformation.
It follows that the greater the agility of
globalization the speedier the dilution of “values.” This trend is further accentuated by the
cultural evolution of newer generations, as they tend to repudiate the older
generations’ values.
The Future - Expectations
Once
we have a true and reliable diagnosis of the historic evolution and the current status of
the world, we can start developing insights into taking corrective action to
mitigate potential threats. The above
discussion points to the following critical solutions:
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
The Current Events
Countries
in the global economy are not just engaging in economic competition. They are showing vivid signs of geopolitical
antagonism as they are attempting to achieve a premium position in a polyarchic
global environment.
The
incidence of “nationalism” as opposed to “globalism” has given rise to much
conflict in societies. For instance, the
concepts of “diversity” and “inclusion” dominate in the American society and in
particular in American Academia. Diversity is one of the clearest evidences of current globalization
trends. Although “diversity”
produces a definitive advantage in organizational exchange resulting in optimum
economic benefits, its Achilles heel is that it promotes cross-cultural
permeation leading to dilution of national cultural values.
Geopolitical Antagonism –
A “World” in Disarray
Geopolitical
antagonism is an integral part of global economic antagonism. Nations whose economies have dominated the
global environment are seeking to influence individual countries using economic
strength and military prowess. For
instance, China has openly positioned itself to take on the U.S. in its
conflict with it over Taiwan. In reviewing China’s development, we can attest to the rhythm of the pace of global governance.
In 2001, when China entered the WTO its GDP
was $1.3 trillion. In 2020, China’s GDP
reached $14.7 trillion, and, in 2021, China’s GDP grew to $17.5 trillion.
This growth has been fueled by the U.S.
through the insatiable consumptive behavior of the American people. Projections indicate that China’s GDP will
surpass that of the U.S. by 2030. On the global economic front, efforts are currently being undertaken by China and the rest of the
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), to replace the U.S. Dollar as
the international reserve currency, rendering the 1944 relevant Bretton Woods
agreement void.
Furthermore, the
collective economy of the world is running a debt that would be prohibitive and
unacceptable at the national level, that is, for any one individual
nation. The ratio of world debt to world
GDP is over 350%. The debt-to-GDP ratio
of the U.S. in 2022 was 134%. The Eurogroup,
in 2010, declared Greece bankrupt because its debt-to-GDP ratio was in excess
of 140%. Well, might the U.S. be
declared bankrupt, the way Greece was, should its debt-to-GDP ratio reach 140% or beyond?
Cross-Cultural Permeation
Global
forces, such as those discussed earlier, have inevitably brought about dilution
of national cultures. Social anthropology
defines two types of culture; institutional (Regulative) and
cognitive-cultural. Any functioning
organization has both of these embedded in it. The unavoidable interfacing of these two antithetical cultures produces
a third culture known as trans-culturalism. This third culture is responsible for the
ensuing dilution of cultural values. We
may rationally infer that dilution of cultural values is endemic to
globalization and a definitive characteristic of cross-cultural exchange. Furthermore, although “values” are the most
stable component among those of “beliefs”, “norms”, “customs”, “traditions”, “cognitive
elements” and “socio-economic systems” they cannot avoid or evade change or transformation.
It follows that the greater the agility of
globalization the speedier the dilution of “values.” This trend is further accentuated by the
cultural evolution of newer generations, as they tend to repudiate the older
generations’ values.
The Future - Expectations
Once
we have a true and reliable diagnosis of the historic evolution and the current status of
the world, we can start developing insights into taking corrective action to
mitigate potential threats. The above
discussion points to the following critical solutions:
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
Geopolitical Antagonism –
A “World” in Disarray
Geopolitical
antagonism is an integral part of global economic antagonism. Nations whose economies have dominated the
global environment are seeking to influence individual countries using economic
strength and military prowess. For
instance, China has openly positioned itself to take on the U.S. in its
conflict with it over Taiwan. In reviewing China’s development, we can attest to the rhythm of the pace of global governance.
In 2001, when China entered the WTO its GDP
was $1.3 trillion. In 2020, China’s GDP
reached $14.7 trillion, and, in 2021, China’s GDP grew to $17.5 trillion.
This growth has been fueled by the U.S.
through the insatiable consumptive behavior of the American people. Projections indicate that China’s GDP will
surpass that of the U.S. by 2030. On the global economic front, efforts are currently being undertaken by China and the rest of the
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), to replace the U.S. Dollar as
the international reserve currency, rendering the 1944 relevant Bretton Woods
agreement void.
Furthermore, the
collective economy of the world is running a debt that would be prohibitive and
unacceptable at the national level, that is, for any one individual
nation. The ratio of world debt to world
GDP is over 350%. The debt-to-GDP ratio
of the U.S. in 2022 was 134%. The Eurogroup,
in 2010, declared Greece bankrupt because its debt-to-GDP ratio was in excess
of 140%. Well, might the U.S. be
declared bankrupt, the way Greece was, should its debt-to-GDP ratio reach 140% or beyond?
Cross-Cultural Permeation
Global
forces, such as those discussed earlier, have inevitably brought about dilution
of national cultures. Social anthropology
defines two types of culture; institutional (Regulative) and
cognitive-cultural. Any functioning
organization has both of these embedded in it. The unavoidable interfacing of these two antithetical cultures produces
a third culture known as trans-culturalism. This third culture is responsible for the
ensuing dilution of cultural values. We
may rationally infer that dilution of cultural values is endemic to
globalization and a definitive characteristic of cross-cultural exchange. Furthermore, although “values” are the most
stable component among those of “beliefs”, “norms”, “customs”, “traditions”, “cognitive
elements” and “socio-economic systems” they cannot avoid or evade change or transformation.
It follows that the greater the agility of
globalization the speedier the dilution of “values.” This trend is further accentuated by the
cultural evolution of newer generations, as they tend to repudiate the older
generations’ values.
The Future - Expectations
Once
we have a true and reliable diagnosis of the historic evolution and the current status of
the world, we can start developing insights into taking corrective action to
mitigate potential threats. The above
discussion points to the following critical solutions:
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
Cross-Cultural Permeation
Global
forces, such as those discussed earlier, have inevitably brought about dilution
of national cultures. Social anthropology
defines two types of culture; institutional (Regulative) and
cognitive-cultural. Any functioning
organization has both of these embedded in it. The unavoidable interfacing of these two antithetical cultures produces
a third culture known as trans-culturalism. This third culture is responsible for the
ensuing dilution of cultural values. We
may rationally infer that dilution of cultural values is endemic to
globalization and a definitive characteristic of cross-cultural exchange. Furthermore, although “values” are the most
stable component among those of “beliefs”, “norms”, “customs”, “traditions”, “cognitive
elements” and “socio-economic systems” they cannot avoid or evade change or transformation.
It follows that the greater the agility of
globalization the speedier the dilution of “values.” This trend is further accentuated by the
cultural evolution of newer generations, as they tend to repudiate the older
generations’ values.
The Future - Expectations
Once
we have a true and reliable diagnosis of the historic evolution and the current status of
the world, we can start developing insights into taking corrective action to
mitigate potential threats. The above
discussion points to the following critical solutions:
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
The Future - Expectations
Once
we have a true and reliable diagnosis of the historic evolution and the current status of
the world, we can start developing insights into taking corrective action to
mitigate potential threats. The above
discussion points to the following critical solutions:
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
Leadership
World leadership is plagued with lack of
leaders and a confused orientation to leadership emanating from an amoral
position.
The character of leadership is
defined by, and depicted in, the relationship between the given political leader and the
voters or electors.
So, there is a two-way
flow of interaction between voters/electors and elected leaders.
In such relationship the elected leaders are
confronted with three choices.
Those are:
“serving the public”, “serving own self-interest” or “focusing on both.” Given the complexity of global governance and
the above choices the difficulty of leadership has grown exponentially.
Current world leaders have been less than able to live up to
the challenges of world affairs.
For
instance, the Biden Administration has shown inability to manage global affairs
like that of Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China and the like.
Biden’s doubtful or even myopic handling of such
global challenges is likely to further adversely affect America’s leadership
position in world affairs. Saudi Arabia
and China are in talks about using the Chinese currency Yuan (CNY) or Renminbi
(RMB) in oil transactions instead of the U.S. dollar. The inability of the U.S. to defend its
currency as the world’s international reserve currency will have catastrophic
consequences for the U.S. economy and will pose an unprecedented reshuffling of
the world economic order and the currently contemplated digital
currencies. The recent Ukraine crisis
and the ensued war has effectively opened the path to closer Russia-China
collaboration.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
A New Political Framework
An
ambiguous world leadership amidst our current global governance coupled with the
ill-effects of a galloping globalization is likely to bring about a new
political framework that might be known as the "New Political Order." Such forthcoming possibility might make sense in
a world that has lost its moral compass and in a world that may encounter a
plethora of conflicts. This “New”
political framework, agreed to by a vastly growing polyarchic environment,
might be a type of “global government.” A
global government will offer homogeneity
in governance but it is likely to restrict individual political freedom.
The above design will be accommodated by a fiercely
advancing technology and an economic system that would adopt a common digital
currency, with the rationale that such currency would eliminate
corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., but it would allow for differentiated
market behavior such as “choices” and “preferences.” This hypothesized “New” political framework is
not likely to put to rest nationalism, at least in the short term.
In the longer term, however, globalism is
likely to intensify and eventually diminish or even minimize nationalism, which
is protectionism of national sentiment.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
Culture - The Last Frontier
The ultimate challenge and formidable adverse power against globalism is
“Culture.”
Cultural values are ingrained
into the psycho-social DNA of people.
Although values change incrementally and slowly the rate of change
of other cultural components such as norms, habits, arts, symbols, etc. do not
resist change as effectively as values do.
Nevertheless, such cultural components may help expedite the transformation
of values. In addition, within values, those
that relate to “faith” are likely to be the last to suffer dilution. Again, the rate of change is likely to be
faster the less new generations embrace Faith. To illustrate the ultimate gravity and consequence of Culture we can
look into institutional behavior. For
instance, international business organizations, when entering a foreign market,
customize their product offering in order to appeal to the local market behavior
and benefit from greater market penetration.
In other cases, they have standardized their products exploiting cost
efficiencies and the use of new technology which has proletarianized
communication bringing cultures closer to each other. In a dualistic environment, in which
nationalism was not in peril, cultural values were not threatened the way they
are threatened in a global polyarchic environment which by definition promotes
cross-cultural integration facilitating the permeation of values that had been
otherwise in the past protected. The
global environment slowly and subtly bridges cultural differences resulting in relative
cultural homogenization. Business organizations that operate in a global environment have good knowledge about
both the national as well as the cross-national environment.
Although achieving cultural homogenization remains
asymptotic it increasingly dwindles and erodes the heterogeneity of consumers’
“tastes” and “preferences.” The said
activity culminates into
intercultural permeation and gradual dilution of traditional or well-established
values.
Note: This
article has been conceived with the goal to identify hidden challenges to the
U.S., amidst a polyarchic environment following the collapse of Sovietism in 1989.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
Author: CGP .+.
It has NO POLITICAL COLOR!
