Islam's reaction to Globalization, TERRORISM

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Islam's reaction to Globalization, TERRORISM

By Gerald Internet Anthropologist Think Tank.

08.02.09

Islam is frightened of Globalization,

and America represents Globalization.

USA has been pushing globalization

for years, even though they know it

means lowering the standards of living

in America.

As should be done, USA uses too many

resources for its size, Out sourcing

means moving jobs from USA to cheaper

countries. Globalization is a rebalancing

of wealth based on best interests for

capitalism.

Capitalism is forcing USA to share the

power and wealth, thru globalism.

Part of this new paradigm:

Social change usually evolves from a

movement, fueled by "NEWS".

In the 1800's a series of photos by

Reis I think, spurred the development

of zoning laws, and child's rights

legislation, was the power of his

photos of the slums and conditions.

And the book about Chicago's slaughter

houses created some of the first laws for

animal rights, and food safety regulations.

The global world population has seen this

in many forms, and have established some

minimal human rights.

The decisions on these rights were spontaneous

and almost world wide.

One is the right to communicate, and the ownership

or right of "the right to know".

In the case of Iran's shutting off parts of the Internet

the world has said NO. They have a "right to Know."

And the world has been countering Iran's effects at

censorship.

This is a new paradigm.

All people's "right to know".

And the citizens of the WORLD, are ready and

taking on the Iranian Intelligence apparatus.

Not governments, not armies, not politicians

or capitalists globalization.

We the PEOPLE of the World have said

NO

to Iran's attempt to cut its people off

FROM THE INTERNET.

Use of the Internet has become a global

human right, the right to communicate,

be informed.

And the people of the world have agreeded

to censorship of the Terrorist. Shutting down their

web sites.

Social Change will come much sooner than it

did in the past, the Internet has expanded the effort

and speed of these social changes.

The Internet maybe the awakening of a Global

consciousness.

And the ability to enforce its will.

But back to the fundamentalists Islam fears.

They see the globalization from different eyes.

They see Satan coming.

Globalization has expanded sexualization

of the worlds cultures.

Some of the fundementalist keep their womans

entire body covered except for the eyes.

For them an ankle can produce an erection.

Now dump porno movies on that culture.

In some of those cultures the act of rape,

is blamed on the female.

The underlying thought is that men can't control themselves

upon even seeing a sexy/semi-exposed female.

And globalization is exposing those cultures

to porn and other upsetting paradigms.

The coming globalization scares hell out of them.

And USA and the world has it on railroad

cars coming as fast as hell.

Terrorism is a very big cultural knee jerk reaction

to globalization. A feeling their culture is at risk.

They fear the total collapse of their culture.

The men are not comfortable looking at that

much skin.

For a culture where an arm can be something

erotic, its a huge shock to get porno by the boat load.

Most Muslems have taken this in stride.

And realize men can constrain themselves.

But the fundementalist are frightened

for their culture.

Of course its not exactly like that

or even sex maybe, but it gives you a

idea of how they feel about globalization,

or at least parts of it.

And its not just porn, its the whole

package, that comes with globalization.G.

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Thomas P.M. Barnett on April 16, 2009

The demand here is for identity retention amidst globalization's churning advance and destabilizing embrace of traditional societies. You have to meet that demand for the connectivity ultimately to stabilize.

Yes, it's good these reformists seek to conserve Islam. The blame-the-West stuff will always be there, especially if we keep the fights close-in rather than just lie back and let the extremists bring it to us, but since the crisis is within Islam and especially within the Arab world and its culture, it's better to keep the violence where it belongs, forcing the change that must happen. Suffering the increased radicalization is worth it, because it focuses the locals' sense of what the true alternatives are. Absent that pain, the Middle East would keep on being the Middle East forever.

And that simply won't work in this world.

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No culture has survived intact with

contact with a more advanced/powerful

culture, American Indians, Indians in

S. America, all succumbed to capitalism.

In Aftica the colonys were required to

pay taxes. That was a big impact on

their culture.

In Africa taxation changed the family

structure, where a large family was

an asset in hunter gather cultures,

to a large family becoming a liability

as an taxable entity.

The focus changed from hunter gather

to earning money to pay taxes, and

buy food. They had to stop hunting gathering

to pay taxes on land they owned or loose

their land.

Islam's fundementalist knee jerk

reaction to globalization is to fight

back, with jahid.

Once most clutures see the

contact with globalization doesn't

mean the dissolution of their culture

they make the adjustment.

Globalization brings a humanizing

effect also, world pressure on

dictatorships to change.

And basic human rights for

all people.

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Gerald

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