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Re: US EMpire Better than Alternative - Huh?

On Jan 11, 2008 5:03 PM, David B. Shemano <dshemano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Regarding cultural homogenization, assuming for purposes of discussion that it is occurring, is it a result of capitalism or modern communications?  In other words, assuming the existence of modern communications, why would there be less cultural homogenization if there was global socialism?
>
> David Shemano
>


Excellent question. Today's global capitalism is very closely related
to the Internet and telecomm technologies to enable labor arbitrage
and financial innovation, so it is not clear that you can separate
their effects. That said, I am sure that a "global socialism" would
also have the possibilities for increased cultural homogeneity.

Did anything like this happen in the smaller republics of the USSR and
in Soviet era Eastern Europe?
-raghu.
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