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You should have included tribalistic, a milestone we easily pass day in day out.
With internet and very efficient transportation, hakuna mahali nationalism inaenda
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but imekuja sana waah, if the EU survives this wave, the better.
What about what the people want, the elections in US ,the Italy referendum, BREXIT, South African Xenophobia, all point to anti globalism.
Sad when you talk about globalism today.The only thig in peoples mind is the situation in EU.I still believe it is the the future of our species.Upende usipende our descendants hawatambua Mkenya na MTz.But untill then let our leaders lead us by pushing nationalistic agendas down our throats.
But it’s the people pushing against globalism. The elites want globalism because it works for them. However most people are blaming globalism for their problems.
No it looks like the locals are the ones pushing but I beg to differ.I feel that the elites want the globalisation to stop.A lot of their shell companies are failing when faced with the mushrooming middle class.So wale wana wika they hate globalisation don’t real know what they are talking about.They are basically asking for a middle man to handle their business wameshindwa kujifanyia.That’s based on my opinion from how i see the business and social events.
Umesahau trump wa france …
Well, add regionalism to your list. Indeed globalization has intensified since the end of the Cold War and onset of internet and easy payments/transport systems. Ideas and goods are therefore transmitted easily, but there is a centripetal force which is trying to resist these global influences, that force is nationalism. However, nationalism is not a singular force, we have several actors, domestic actors based on several factors such as ideology and/or tribe. Realists used to argue that a nation is unitary, but its not, several segments from the same nation see the world and/or globalization differently…and either resist or adapt
In Kenya the people inviting the chinese are the gov elites however the people suffering are the workers, hawkers e.t.c. Remember the hawker demonstration a while back and last year’s news of importation of fish from China. I haven’t heard any politician speaking about the projects being done by Chinese construction companies doing work for us.The ordinary Kenyan doesn’t care what the benefits of globalism when they’re losing sources of income.
In USA the elites were the ones pushing TPP. It had bipartisan support. The UN isn’t headed by people it’s headed by elites.
First start by defining the two terms, in the Kenyan context ?
My 2 cent, globalism and nationalism, will have different results if implemented in Northern Hemisphere Countries and the so called Asian countries, China and Japan.
TPP is a mess…am not talking about specific issues.I am talking about the standard nature e.g Your case of the CHINA MAN. Well I don’t think we invited them most likely we were the ones approached cause if we actually did invite them we would know the inner working of this arrangement.This is the thing even in this globalisation, don’t think all countries are playing fair.Look at it as a scramble for africa scenario only thing its now the first world countries securing patnerships with developing countries.So you see personal agendas enter and the true spirit of globalisation is lost.This is what i mean like these elites if I were to take your word aren’t screwing kenyans alone but themselves cause wanapewa micro managment role yet they could have been calling the shots. So you are looking from the lowest point but look from where the interaction begins then maybe yu can get the dynamic roles of the parties involved,going down the chain will result with a change of tone and roles of involved parties.
They may get what they want but that does not mean it will work. I just look at our sugar industry and it answers your question on whether nationalism aka protectionism will work / fail.
But those countries need other weaker countries to demonstrate their financial or military might. That’s why hawawes jitoa from the international system because their interests will be hurt.
A country like Kenya will become an importer of everything except coffee and tea without a way to ensure that we build up our local industries.The problem I see is that there will be less benefit to poor countries like ours. We will buy cheaper goods but we’ll have little to sell. To be a net importer you at least have to have a strong currency and a solid source of income e.g tech, natural resources e.g oil, lithium e.t.c. However the countries in the middle like the Phillipines, China, Malaysia are benefitting because they have weaker currencies but have the manpower and the industries already set up. The problem with globalisation is that it was structured in a way that the workers and poor are exploited and companies can get high profits which they can repatriate or stuff in tax havens using creative accounting. There are jobs created but in the end the country doesn’t grow as well as the rich countries grew because local industries never get a chance to grow.
I know, shida ni protectionism also doesn’t work
The ordinary person on the street doesn’t care about that. He just wants to stop seeing black and brown people on the streets as well as stop fearing that a H1B visa holder will take his job. The people then just look for a demagogue that will promise to get them out of trade deals and pacts and vote that person in. The ones against it are policy makers and economists and politicians but in democracies the people want to get out because of a combination of xenophobia and lack of understanding of why their jobs are lost. However even corporations are to blame. The lax laws of some countries have enabled the corporations to stash money away. Thus the citizens are not benefiting from the globalisation only elites.
Option ni gani?
Lakini the opposite will not bring any benefits as well. So, countries have to walk a fine line to survive.
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