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rswail ◴[] No.43619726[source]
I really don't understand (from Australia) about this fear and hate of globalism.

The capitalist globalists have done what capitalists do, search for the lowest costs and the lowest quality that continues to sell for the highest price. That's economic globalism.

But the social globalism, of having human rights upheld around the world, a common attitude towards personal liberties, freedom of thought, speech, & work, entitlement to shelter, safe food & water, education, health care etc.

I don't understand why people are against that? You don't think everyone deserves to live with the same level of freedom as you do? They don't deserve to choose their government and leadership like you do?

What is it about that side of globalism that people hate so much?

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1. rchaud ◴[] No.43624126[source]
> I really don't understand (from Australia) about this fear and hate of globalism

The person youre responding to is a victim of the US culture wars. That is clear as day with the mention of a feminist blog Jezebel, that's entirely irrelevant to the story of Quartz, a business focused website. I'm not going to speculate why a word like 'globalism' results in the clutching of pearls but i think there are some historical precedents around certain similar phrases like 'cosmopolitan', that provide a clue.