Globilization has become a topic for all avid debaters, politicians, students and healthcare workers. On one hand, it is seen as a one size fits all solution for the world's problems. On the other hand, it is the perfect solution to robbing hardworkers of their jobs, simply because companies refuse to pay them what they're due. In the Johan Norbeg video the commentator mentioned the idea of "Americanization", which he said critcs say is what's happening instead of globilization. He doesn't outright deny it, because the truth is that globilization has indeed taken a form of americanization. This has manifested not only in businesses, but in culture. Many protective features of our cultures such as a healthy eating has been replaced with the need for status by devouring american type foods. I remember talking to my cousin and they were sitting down to dinner. When I asked her what they were eating, she said potatoes (as in french fries). Mind you, Ghana does not grow "Irish potatoes" because our climate does not support its growth, so only those with extra money and special reasons eat potatoes. Of course they weren't eating potatoes, but she felt the need to tell me this, so that her status seems better. Western foods are favored over local healthy foods because they are seen as better and they show that the person is well off. It is because of such perceptions that in the quest for globilisation, a lot of communities can potentially lose a lot of their cultures and the very protective factors that are natually in place.
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