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He is not saying that globalization of society
is preferable, but that breaking out of the tribal/national box is
desirable. Considering oneself a "global citizen" in a
cosmopolitan society is an ideal. Imposing globalization on idiots is
impossible. Some people cannot see beyond their sect/tribe/nation/God and
half the time crap on people slightly different from the norms of the tribe.
In general social Darwinism (natural not imposed) will eliminate the worst
excesses of tribalism. But evolutionary time scales are generational not
annual. Since the major threats to human survival are global, it may be a
moot point whether globalization will even have a chance at working.
I am optimistic, humans have survived greater
threats than these current ones, but the process will certainly not be
pretty. "'I'm learning Chinese' says Werhner von Braun."
The Hippocratic Oath
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