MY COMMENTS


This cartoon explains the effect globalisation has on the world. This also tie in with the previous article about the increasing, or rather decreasing gap between the world's rich nations and the poor nations. This cartoon shows a scale, with a family of white people on one side, balacing a group of Africans on the other side.

This shows how, what a normal family in the West earns, can be considered enough for whole tribe of African people. The huge leap forward by the West has made this gap huge. This needs to be reduced, and as proven before, it is happening. This also shows the effect of globalisation on the economy. The Africans on the right can be seen to be nothing more then skin and bones, however, the family of white people on the left seem to be..plump at least. This can be interpreted as the family being more well fed and taken care of then the guys on the right.

I find it really interesting that the 4 people on the left seem to be wearing tourist clothes, while the people on the right are wearing barely enough. This shows the attitude of the West towards this situation. They seem to the on-lookers of this event.

This shows the attitude that globalisation has fostered over the years. Since the progress of the West, the rest of the world ha been trying to catch up. The West, caught up with its sudden progress, did not bother about the increasing gap, and only tried to do something about it when it got out of hand. This attitude has to change, if not the country's sake, then for humanity's sake.