globalisation cause of cultural genocide

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Globalization is a term which became popular after the 3th quarter of the 20th century. It is used to describe the movement of people, information, commodities and financial tools across national borders which increase the interconnection between countries economically, politically, socially and culturally. The effects of globalisation on different fields are one of the main discussion topics of these days. One can easily find thousands of articles on the impacts of globalisation on economy, agriculture, politics, democracy, science and even on climate. However, globalisation and its effects on culture is an unheeded area. The defenders of globalisation consciously avoid discussing culture, because they all know that globalisation is the main source of cultural genocide. Although there are few, the advocates of cultural globalisation claim that globalisation helps the enrichment of local cultures. They argue that people from different cultures share their ideas and experiences. They believe, naively, that all parties tell and listen the others ideas and experiences on an equal p...

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