Disadvantages of Globalization

        Beloved readers, this week I'll present you, as an awsome (submissive, even!) student, a text on globalization. My english teacher has asked the whole class to do a text on that theme and me and Sara just though: “OMG what an amazing opportunity to gossip about some global news!”.

  Here's the result: she just wrote a text on some advantages of globalization and I'll present you another one, on its disadvantages, with my funny (or not)/ peculiar/ odd/ ironic and, most of all, personal opinion in which one of them!
 Here we go again (as our lovely Demi Lovato would say!)...3 disadvantages of globalization:

1. Economic Problems

 With globalization, the comparison of the world with a global village may have its negative side...If all nations depend on each other, some issue that affects one of them will obviously affect the other, especially when the matter is commerce and, therefore, money! This phenomenon is called the “domino-effect”!
 One famous “domino' piece” is belike Portugal's president of the republic, Cavaco Silva, who has said that, when retired from his functions, his retirement pension will not be enough to pay his bills!    Poor man...

  2. Increase in the consumption of junk food

 McDonalds and KFC are two examples of fast food chains that are spreading way too fast! The publicity campaigns and all the flavour boosters in this kind of food, as well as the relatively accessible prices, make it easy for people to “stoke” it, which has several negative impacts on their health.
 As a true follower of Hollywood celebrities' life, I may say, now that the media have commented enough and my comment will not sound that bad, that Christina Aguilera must have eaten so many veggies during her life that now she dies for McDonalds hamburgers with fries...or at least, is what recent photos of her make us think...

3. Unemployment

 Due to outsourcing, globalization is promoting unemployment, contradicting what most think, that this movement promotes employment...this happens especially in developed countries – many successful companies from the USA outsourced jobs to developing nations in Asia, for example.
 This is possibly the only explanaition for what happened with Winona Ryder. Hollywood must have been outsourcing  talents, when the very famous (and so, very rich!) actress was caught stealing over 6 thousand dollars in items from a luxury store in Beverly Hills!!

 It's now time to say goodbye, dear readers (correction: dear reader, Helena Rodeiro). Hope you liked and learned from my supposedly catchy text!


XOXO, Oh My Gossip!

Filipa

Advantages of Globalization

        Fantastic readers, this time our english teacher has asked us a fabulastic text on Globalization...it's not the most amazing theme to talk about, as you must think, but BELIEVE me, it's way much better than searching and writting about Aung San Suu Kyi (one of my closest friends, no doubt!), as I had to do last week.

 After my loooong discussion with my blogmate (about what, a minute?!), we've decided that I would focus my text on the advantages of globalization. Let's start?


Now, I'll present you 3 of those advantages:

1. Global Connectivity

    This means that globalization has allowed international connectivity, mainly with the use of the internet, which made our world a “smaller” place. This phenomenon permited an enormous exchange of thoughts and ideas, making people around the world think, each day more, in a similar way – standardization (big word, han? What a quality blog, ours! Eheh).
    That's maybe why this days I see soo many “little lambs”...I mean, people are being more what others want them to be, and not what they really are (oh, and you can't imagine how often do I see this phenomenon...). One day, maybe we'll be all twins!
   

2. Reduction of trade barriers (Free Trade)

        Free Trade is a situation when the trade between nations is free, with no restrictions such as taxes or quotas on the importation or exportation of goods and services. This policy makes it easier for the consumers to aqcuire procucts with a lower cost.


    Oh, how I wish this system made the prices so low that I was able to buy a Channel' black handbag, without having to base my feeding on lettuces in the following year, for lack of economic resources!



3. Peaceful Relations

       Globalization has raised peace and security worldwide. Many countries, especially for economic reasons, establish peaceful contracts in order to boost their capital and finantial resources. Instead of seeing war as a way of solving their issues, most of the countries in the world choose to make alliances with each other.


    Hum...globalization implies peaceful relations, right? Well, I guess King Juan Carlos isn't much of a globalized man, or maybe he just lived in some less globalized world when, in 2007, he peacefully  asked Hugo Chavéz to shut up, with the famous quote that made history “Porque no te callas?”...




 These are only three of the inumerous advantages of globalization, which I hope you've retained in your little awsome brains! Btw, now that you are a bit more intelligent, after reading my text, I hope you will search for more advantages and tell me next week, with a personal comment on each one of them, just like I did, ok? 

XOXO, Oh My Gossip!

Sara