Dbq Essay Globalization

Globalization has had an impact on just about everywhere in the world, whether it be positive or negative. There have been many benefits and good things that have come out of this international movement. We have more goods, we are more connected, things are easier to do, goods are cheaper, and life values and conditions have improved, but what about the people who don't have access to these benefits? What about the people we don't talk about, the ones who make those cheap goods? For some, many negatives have come out of globalization, like decreased living conditions and isolation, even if in our eyes it seems all good and like we couldn't live without it. Globalization has benefited so many to a very far extent, but it has also hurt many other

But you have to look past the benefits to get the whole story of globalization. What about the 10% that's still living in this extreme poverty and still fighting for their lives and their families? As our lives get better and were able to keep buying things that will make our lives easier, theirs will probably continue to get worse. This is because we tend to use other people's struggles to our own advantage if it benefits us. This isn't fully because of globalization, inequality has always existed and it's always going to exist. But globalization has extremely accelerated the extent of the negative effects. There are definitely a lot more benefits of globalization. For example, more people are getting paid what their worth. In the past people would work more to be paid less money, but now people work less and get paid more. This is because of new strategies and tools we've gained from globalization and the sharing of ideas across nations making it easier to produce and distribute, and inflation. People are also paid more per hour,

We sacrifice our lives to have free trade and more, cheaper goods, but to what extent are people willing to go to to get what they want? While these new methods of making things are being used more and more often, we are causing extreme tolls on our earth and some of the people who are needed to make the production possible. As shown in Document 5, we are using more and more of the natural unrenewable resources, causing more pollution and environmental destruction. At some point, this could get really bad to the point we wouldn't be able to even use these methods anymore. In using all of these resources we get to buy and sell cheap goods. But to make these cheap goods, its going to be at the expense of the less fortunate people. When we buy cheap things the workers arent being paid nearly as much as they should be and their working conditions are just going to keep getting worse. Globalization has also caused more jobs, which gives more people opportunities to have work and make an income, and there is more recognition in the workplace for people being treated unfairly. Document 7 states, “They also ran a campaign encouraging women to break free of the limits society puts on them.” (document 7, WHP). this same company years earlier was probably the same one oppressing these people, but now they're encouraging them to fight back. In these benefits, there are even more cons. A lot of people now are being exploited