Globalization

"You will forget your part in the whole setup, that bureaucracy is one of your inventions, and all the laws that you know mysteriously favour you. Do you know why people like me are shy about being capitalists? Well, it's because we, for as long as we have known you, we were capital, like bales of cotton and sacks of sugar, and you were the commanding, cruel capitalists" (A Small Place, pg 36-37)

I actually found India and thought many of the people in met there were Americans. Some had actually taken American names, and others were doing great imitations of American accents at call centers and American business techniques at software labs” (The World Is Flat, 5).

I drew up these two passages to contrast each other. India is a emerging economy, and the only reason it is a emerging economy is because it follows the rules we have (as a people) created. The world is flat quote perfectly displays this. The reason why we have "thrown them a bone" is because they are allowing themselves to become Americanized. They give up their traditions, language and customs for the modern and superior culture of the West. India prospers because it has allowed its cheap labor to be a commodity, enslaving itself to a culture that Gandhi had fought hard to rid themselves of. The author in "A Small Place" is calling to light that the current rules do in fact benefit us and force other countries to adapt to us while we don't have to adapt to others. This is done in a number of ways. With trade we demand that countries set up their trade to our standard and provide goods for us below a fair price. When countries don't follow those guide lines we either refuse to trade or invade. We don't need to look at the government to see a example of this however. Culturally, we expect everyone to work around us. When someone comes to this country, we demand that they learn our language. We find it disgusting and insulting if we have to talk to someone who can't speak proper English. When we travel however, we expect countries to accommodate us.  We expect to find English speakers ready to accommodate us. After all we are guests, it would be rude if they didn't. When we bring our business over seas they must learn how to communicate with us. The responsibility for successful relations is never put on us. This makes the system unequal before hands are even shaken.