Hey Georgios,
Greetings and Hailsa! Another fine forum, you've done it again. This is not only a very interesting subject, but a slightly controversial one as well. Here's what I think about it though, and I hope no one takes offense at a little bit of truth.
Globalization is a lot like the spell of a powerful sorcerer, once it has started, it must run it's course. Whether it started a few years ago, or a millenium ago, the effect and cause is the same. It is also like, at least to me, the reversal of the split from the tower of Babel in the Bible. Thousands of years ago, we were (supposedly) instantly given hundreds of new languages and sent to the farthest reaches of the Earth. Now we are re-grouping, but in a different, technological sort of way.
Speaking of the Bible, let me mention a prophecy in the last chapters of Revelation which I think we all should consider here; Yeah, the "REALLY" hard-2-understand book of the Bible. I can remember this from my studies with Jehovah's Witnesses as a teen-ager back in the 70's.
It said roughly, "In the last days the bear and the lion would do battle against the eagle. But the eagle would prevail for a while. Then the bear would leave the alliance with the lion and join the eagle to battle against the lion, and they will prevail against the lion."
The eagle here of course, is the United States. The bear is Russia (or the former USSR) and the lion is China. In the last century, we saw Communist USSR and China in a dead-heat cold war against the USA. Then the curtain fell from East Germany, then The USSR. They embraced capitalism, although reluctantly. Now you are seeing China follow "our" suit with a hard leaning towards capitalism also.
Georgios, you were also correct about something else. Government policies are shifting in their modus-operandi, in that a strict rule of either communism or capitalism will not work. There has to be a new paradigm, and what we will more than likely see as a result, even though it may piss off millions of americans, is a mixture of the two.
I said to myself, friends & family 12 or 15 years ago, that a more sensible form of government would be a capitalistic-communist government, and right now China is almost proving me right. In America we have a high and rampant crime rate because of our 'slap-on-the-wrist' policies. Murderers and pedophiles are short-termed and released back on the public to do the same crimes against new victims. In China, they are executed right after the sentencing, and for this I applaud them.
Sooner or later, we will have to see the same thing here, or we ARE doomed to collapse. But I don't think we are going to stop Globilazation anytime soon. What we can do as individuals is this; we can communicate between ourselves, decide what "WE" want out of this and what we do not, and then elect compentent representatives who will enforce the greater points of this initiative and punish the lesser, either by incentives and/or criminal penalties as needed.
But to all who have contributed to this thread and those who read it but did not answer. I think this is something we all want, and in the long run probably need as the global race of humanity, and we should continue to pursue with a vengeance. However, the corporations and powermongers need to be kept in check, and disciplined where the need applies. This will in the long run, keep us from a takeover from some other group like the Bavarious Illuminati or something, and thus risking the sellout of all of humanity to a force greater than we can control.
With all of that said, and it was more than I expected to write (sorry, folks), let me close by sending out my personal wish to everyone here all the best and a ton of prosperity in this great new year. Happy New Years to All!
Your Friend,
Benton Middleton, Independant Ecopreneur