Globalisation of politics (Manaswi)
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Through the process of globalisation, various groups around the world are trying to bring across their point to the world and they are allowed to do so with the advancements in technology. The groups use media and images to tell what they believe in and try to persuade other people as well to join in. For example, in this video above (not by us, it is from some random user on youtube), it can be seen that there is this group that is trying to expose the secrets of the governments (especially the American government) and trying to get as many people as possible to their side. They especially used images which portrayed the American government in a negative light. Like for example, images showing soldiers pointing guns at unarmed civilians tend to show that the American soldiers are in the wrong and are abusing their authority. Also towards the end, President Bush is shown stammering many times repeatedly uttering the word “I” until in the end he just walks away saying he “does not know.” This shows a lack of certainty and hence brings out a possibility that President Bush is trying to hide something. Through globalisation however, this group aims to expose Bush and his secrets to society so that they may know what is really going on.
However, although it is true that the world must know what is really happening and all of their governments’ dirty secrets, this may spark a revolution and cause riots. The riots will cause the deaths of many people as fighting between the police and the protestors will break out. This will also cause the economy of the country to suffer. This is one way how the globalisation of politics may have a negative consequence.
Uploaded by: Friendly10 from youtube
Date uploaded: June 13 2008
Date accessed: August 11 2008
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Qz-4sqPhA