WS+Linda

The beauty of globalization is that it can free people from the tyranny of geography. Just because someone was born in France does not mean they can only aspire to speak French, eat French food, read French books, and so on. That we are increasingly free to choose our cultural experiences enriches our lives immeasurably. We could not always enjoy the best the world has to offer.


 * Globalization can connect people from different place. Without such limitation, people get more freedom, the author gives us an example, the native French could choose not to use French language, eat French food, and read French article. People have more choice.**

Fears about an Americanized uniformity are overblown. For a start, many “American” products are not as all-American as they seem; MTV in Asia promotes Thai pop stars and plays rock music sung in Mandarin. Nor are American products all-conquering. Coke accounts for less than two of the 64 fluid ounces that the typical person drinks a day. France imported a mere $620 million in food from the United States in 2000, while exporting to America three times that. Worldwide, pizzas are more popular than burgers and Chinese restaurants sprout up everywhere.

The influence of American style culture has been exaggerate, so it is unnecessary feel afraid of the Americanized uniformity. A lot of foreign countries changed the essentiality of American products and developed them into their own way.**
 * (fear of American products or sulture dominating take over global culture/ fear of Americanism making all ... alike)

In some ways, America is an outlier, not a global leader. Baseball and American football have not travelled well; most prefer soccer. Most of the world has adopted the (French) metric system; America persists with antiquated British Imperial measurements. Most developed countries have become intensely secular, but many Americans burn with fundamentalist fervor – like Muslims in the Middle East.


 * To some extent, American are stand outside the mainstream.**

Cross border cultural exchange increases diversity within societies – but at the expense of making them more alike. People everywhere have more choice, but they often choose similar things. That worries cultural pessimists, even though the right to choose to be the same is an essential part of freedom.

**The Cross-cultural exchange can spread greater diversity and greater similarity. Although people everywhere have more choice, but they often choose similar things and the choices, even they often appeared the same, is people's freedom.**