Globalization or "Your page has been recently cracked..."

If we want to grasp the essence of this phenomenon, we have to understand the meaning of the word itself. The word “Globalization” comes from the word “Globe”.  It’s totally different from unification or centralization. Thus we can see that political and economic aspects of the trend we are talking about have nothing to do with real globalization. It’s all about the Globe; it’s all about our planet which is supposed to become more and more united. But is it really so? Is it possible to say that not only are we the citizens of Russia, but that we are “The citizens of the world”?

The signs of Globalization are everywhere:  we wear the same clothes as most people all over the world; we eat the same food bought in worldwide-spread chain stores.  Walking along a street, we are more likely to see a BMW or a Toyota cruising by than a kinky looking Kalina squeezed in the dark of its five-foot long garage.  Any greeny can click himself into another part of the world praying that some artisan doesn’t break his personal page in “MySpace”. Sorry, your page has recently been hacked……   

We cannot see past the choices we don’t understand. The choice has already been made. We are a part of a big system. The question is whether we truly understand what kind of system it is.  Once our fancy twelve-cylinder friend runs out of gas, our provider cuts the hard line or a soft melodious voice says “the subscriber is not available at the moment”, we immediately fall out of the system. Truly as it can be, we are not Global, we are dependent. Thus, to my mind, such trend as Globalization simply doesn’t exist…