Globalization is an issue that has many facets, which impact today’s society. The rate that this will affect all parts of humanity will only escalate. This, however, is not as distressing as it may seem. There may be some negative consequences such as a loss of culture or identity, but most outcomes will be positive; Countries will come to peace with each other and people will accept one another without prejudice. There would also be more beneficial trading routes and open borders between countries in a fully global world. Globalization needs to be embraced fully for the betterment of the global community.

The loss of ones culture is an unfortunate result of past globalization. One such misfortune happened in the 1800s and 1900s when the Canadian government forced many Aboriginal children into residential schools. In these schools they were not allowed to speak their own language or take part in any games or traditions that they learned at home. This caused them to lose their language, their heritage, and many traditions that have been passed down for generations in their families. This also created low self-esteem and was the root of their loss of identity as the Europeans tried to ‘civilize’ them. However, as society moves forward problems like residential schools can be avoided and loss of culture will be on a far lesser scale.

In the future, as globalization becomes truly global, countries will no longer fight and there will be no more war. There is already evidence that this can happen. From the end of World War II there was a war called the Cold War, it was fought between the United States and the USSR. It had been a political war between Communism and Capitalism at the very basis of its foundations; it had also been a race to create the most powerful nuclear weapons, and to put a man on the moon, there had no actual fighting but both sides feared that it could break out at any moment. In the late 1980s early 1990s the war had been going on for nearly half a century when the leaders of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and Soviet Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev, decided that enough was enough. Reagan and Gorbachev decided to work together as all the tension and rivalry was useless, and together they took down the Berlin Wall. Uniting East Germany and West Germany that had been separated since the end of the Second World War. They also created the Russo-U.S. Space Station which was later renamed the International Space Station as a sign of peace for the world. If the Unites States and the U.S.S.R. could set aside their differences then the rest of the world can as well, it is only a matter of time.

Prejudice has been a problem for thousands of years albeit the most extreme example is the Holocaust. There were concentration camps where millions of Jewish people were emaciated and slaughtered for no other reason except their religion. Adolf Hitler was the man who ran Germany at the time and ordered such atrocities. Anyone who was not a ‘perfect German’ in his eyes was brought to the camps, Jews, Homosexuals, and people of African descent, made up the main body of people in these torture camps. When the world realized what was happening they stepped up and launched into World War II, saving countless people and ridding Germany of its corrupted and prejudiced leader. Globalization was, and is, the cure to this hate. As people become more and more aware of the different cultures around the world, whether by travel or mass media, they will come to not only tolerate, but also to accept each other.

Trade and open borders are other benefits to globalization. As countries work together more there will be less restrictions and tariffs on traded goods. There may even be a day where there is a global currency, evening out the world’s debt and inflation zones. People will be able to travel between countries with little hassle and no need to exchange money, as it will be accepted everywhere. There is one place like this in the world already, the European Union. It connects Spain, Germany, Italy, France, and a few other countries in Europe. They have one currency, the Euro, has a relatively free trade agreement with all participating countries, and very low restriction travel between nations. The countries are at peace and are an excellent example of what can be accomplished to the world.

Past legacies of globalization may not have the best record but the future still looks bright if we embrace it. Countries will be working together for freedom and shared prosperity for their people through free trade and open borders. Never again will we see the horrifying destructiveness of prejudice in scenes of the holocaust, and countries will work together for the unity of the world like the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down. There may be some loss of culture but not to the extent that residential schools had elicited from the Aboriginals. Overall the world will be a better place and it is up to the global community to embrace it. Globalization is happening, and the opportunity for global unity is at society’s doorstep.