Essay on Tomas Friedmans Ideas on Globalization - 1430 Words

The United States used to be a place of dreams, a country where any willing body in the world envied. The opportunity to escape the old world and start anew, the chance to buy a home to your name, raise a family with little worries, have a secure job that would provide enough, and ultimately the right to say to the other nations, â€Å"I am free†. Sadly today, that opportunity is closing, the chance is slipping and that free America is being chained by the very same people robbing others of a life. The last time in history anyone saw this large of a robbery was during the French Revolution. This is only said because the world is emerging into a global economy that blurs national law and dries countries of their resources. In this world†¦show more content†¦This meeting was blown when many protesters made it their life mission to inform the general public what the meeting signified and overall what it meant for the future of our global economy. The protesters only concern was to alert the majority of the world that â€Å"Hey the very one percent are behind that door deciding our fate for us when we have a voice of our own.† It became clear that the main message to these super elite was ‘No Globalization, without Representation.† Friedman lamely wrote an article attacking the very same protestors who he claimed ‘flat earthers’,saying they did not appreciate the global economy and did not understand it enough to have the grace to operate on the topic. What he fails to do is to address the main issue, these people were not ignorant. They were farmers, educators, civil rights activists, environmentalists, and so on, who knew the risk of the global economy dictated b y the very few over the many.