SmartAlx
08-14-2008, 05:43 PM
Corporations have been crossing political boundaries for decades. Banks got into the picture and now many nations in Europe share a common currency. We are on the brink of full fledged globalization that will in effect wipe clean national boundaries.
While on the surface that doesn't seem like such a bad idea, it negates the importance of local power structures. Some head honcho in Belgium doesn't understand nor care about the problem with beavers in my neck of the woods. So why would they be better at running my neck of the woods? Well obviously they wouldn't. But the globalists tend to think they will do a better job of it than my local leaders.
We had some hope. But the hope is dwindling. If there was going to be one symbol of nations keeping their individuality, it had to be the olympics. No other event so embodies national pride, and friendly competition more than the games. But those days seem to be coming to an end.
This year a new trend has developed at the Olympics. Outsourcing. Nations actually outsource their olympic athletes!! Are you kidding me??? When nations are practically encouraged to recruit athletes from other nations to compete for one of the greatest symbols of national pride, it surely means the degradation of the meaningfulness of that national pride.
If this keeps up, surely in 10 or 20 years the nations with the most money and influence will recruit the greatest athletes for the games.
The globalists sure know how to fight dirty.
While on the surface that doesn't seem like such a bad idea, it negates the importance of local power structures. Some head honcho in Belgium doesn't understand nor care about the problem with beavers in my neck of the woods. So why would they be better at running my neck of the woods? Well obviously they wouldn't. But the globalists tend to think they will do a better job of it than my local leaders.
We had some hope. But the hope is dwindling. If there was going to be one symbol of nations keeping their individuality, it had to be the olympics. No other event so embodies national pride, and friendly competition more than the games. But those days seem to be coming to an end.
This year a new trend has developed at the Olympics. Outsourcing. Nations actually outsource their olympic athletes!! Are you kidding me??? When nations are practically encouraged to recruit athletes from other nations to compete for one of the greatest symbols of national pride, it surely means the degradation of the meaningfulness of that national pride.
If this keeps up, surely in 10 or 20 years the nations with the most money and influence will recruit the greatest athletes for the games.
The globalists sure know how to fight dirty.