Reasons for anti globalization?

Answer 1

Americans who "do" things, i.e. those who Make Cars, or Construct Buildings, or even Engineer Bridges, have to compete with workers from 3rd world countries. There is no way any company is going to hire an American Engineer for 120,000/year when they can hire an Indian one for 70,000 to do the same job, even if it's done poorer. Companies will cut corners rather than aim for higher quality. This is why globalization is a part of "free trade" and against traditional American regulated capitalism. In a globalized society, Zenith will make money selling a TV for 100 $ instead of 300 $, but the American worker who would have made the extra 200$ won't have that money to buy the TV, instead a 12 year old from China will get 2 or 3 dollars for a days work. So, then in a globalized society, we have to sell that TV to Norway, or Japanese customers who still have regulated economies that allow their workers to make enough money to buy said TV.

Answer 2

Globalization is making the world one big, boring shopping mall. You can travel from Bangkok to Brussels and not find a decent locally-made souvenier. It's all crap from China.

A Yahoo! member recently wrote me about how nothing authentic remains in England. There used to be charming pubs on every corner, with long traditions and a local flavor. Now they are all mass-marketed chains, bland, and predictable. Is this what we want? Nothing unique left in the world? I was just in Dubai (part of the United Arab Emirates), and the stores were practically the same as those in the Europe.

Globalization also seems to hurt the poor, indigenous populations the most. The poor in places like Peru have not benefitted from capitalism. If anything, they have become largely landless and without any means of making money in the new economy.

Why do people hate McDonalds? Because they prey on peoples' worst tendencies: convenience over substance, predictability over innovation. McDonalds often acts like a vulture. It targets properties that have financial problems, and snatches them up, replacing the original use of a beautiful, historic building with their garish plastic nightmare. In places like Paris, people still have leisurely lunches, but as the temptation grows for French companies to squeeze more work out of their employees, those respectable lunches may be shortened as employers point out that they can eat fast food.

Let's stick with examples from France. One thing the French excel at is producing relatively small quantities of a product with very high quality. In the globalized market, these companies cannot compete. A small, private French dairy making high quality cheeses has far greater costs than some massive dairy corporation in Argentina. With globalization, the distributors can't be bothered to stock these small quantities, so no matter where you travel, you always get the same mass-marketed products.

Answer 3

Problems (real problems) are around you. If you keep thinking globally, the problems of those at the other side of the world won't get solved, nothing is going to change for you and your problems are going to get worse.

It's like war in Iraq, half a world from you. Quintizillions are being wasted there while crime around you grows, traffic makes your daily life hell, unemployment is on the raise and inflation is eating your hard earned money.
Stop thinking globally! Solve your own problems fist. The rest of the world has to do the same.

Answer 4

The lower classes get the bad end of the deal, they would oppose it in an effort to protect themselves. They would get lower wages and fewer services (maybe, not definitely, bit probably).

Answer 5

That is like seeing a tidal wave coming straight for you and asking for reason for anti-tidal wave.
It is coming weather we like it or not

Answer 6

I like living in a rich country.

Answer 7

We have the largest trade deficit in our history and we lost most of the manufacturing sector when "NAFTA" was ratified, which distabilized our economy.