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<v Speaker 1>Hello and welcome to the Sociology Show podcast. This episode

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<v Speaker 1>is all about globalizations impact on the UK. Before we

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<v Speaker 1>this episode is a student special. So I had a

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<v Speaker 1>message from a student called Nami Hoffman who goes to

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<v Speaker 1>Colchester sixth Form College, and she sent me a file

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<v Speaker 1>and said that she's recorded something on globalization's impact on

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<v Speaker 1>the UK asked me to take a listen, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was so impressed with it. It was so well researched

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<v Speaker 1>and so well thought out. I said to Naomi that

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<v Speaker 1>I put the episode out for her. So whichever topic

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<v Speaker 1>or area you are studying, globalization is going to come up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one of those synoptic areas, synoptic topics. Globalization comes

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<v Speaker 1>up in education, it comes up in crime, it comes

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<v Speaker 1>up in media. It's one of those terms that covers

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<v Speaker 1>all different aspects and areas of sociology. So a really

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<v Speaker 1>really important term to understand. If you are interested in

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<v Speaker 1>doing something for The Sociology Show podcast, then all you

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<v Speaker 1>need to do is record an MP three file send

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<v Speaker 1>it to me. So my email address is the Sociology

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<v Speaker 1>Show Podcast at gmail dot com. I'll take a listen

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<v Speaker 1>and I can put out an episode for you, just

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<v Speaker 1>like Naomi did. So without further ado, let's go over

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<v Speaker 1>to the podcast. Thank you very much. Naomi Hoffman from

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<v Speaker 1>Culches to sixth form College.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so today I'll be jussing whether the globalization benefits

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<v Speaker 2>all countries. When we talked about globalization and a level sociology,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's very focused on Vexa has in

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<v Speaker 2>the UK and countries in the global North, but not

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<v Speaker 2>so much countries in Global South, like India, China, the continents,

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<v Speaker 2>of South America and Africa, and I feel like it's

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<v Speaker 2>very important to know about the VECTA has in them

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<v Speaker 2>two as many of the resources for trading technology we

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't have without the global sealth. In this podcast, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about globalization's impact on the UK and how it

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<v Speaker 2>fits countries in the Global South. I relate these to

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<v Speaker 2>the topics of education and families, as well as evaluating

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<v Speaker 2>them with different sociologists perspectives. The definition of globalization is

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<v Speaker 2>the world becoming increasingly interconnected via technology, travel and trade.

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<v Speaker 2>Globalization obviously has its positives and negatives for most countries,

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<v Speaker 2>but some parts of the world experienced the negative consequences

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<v Speaker 2>far more. Most simply put countries in the global North

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<v Speaker 2>the most globalizations, countries in the South South of the

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<v Speaker 2>most from globalization. So first we'll talk about education. So

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<v Speaker 2>technology is used to share ideas across nations, such as

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<v Speaker 2>US charter schools influencing the creation of UK academies. Technology

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<v Speaker 2>is also used to give opportunities for remote learning, such

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<v Speaker 2>as being widely used in the COVID nineteen pandemic. According

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<v Speaker 2>to MPR dot org, Cobalt is used for smartphones, computers, batteries,

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<v Speaker 2>and electrical vehicles. However, this involves extremely dangerous labor for

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<v Speaker 2>just a few dollars a day by exporting people and children.

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<v Speaker 2>In twenty twenty one, the DRC produced approximately seventy four

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the world's cobalt. Also, Mitchelton Brown argues that

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<v Speaker 2>industries like steel, iron mining and engineering have mood broad

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<v Speaker 2>as labor is cheaper there. So this is another example

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<v Speaker 2>of that and led to the decline in traditional mail

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<v Speaker 2>jobs in the UK, especially for working classmen, and it

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<v Speaker 2>has led to an identity crisis for young males in education.

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<v Speaker 2>So this also shows how there's negative impacts in people

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<v Speaker 2>in the UK as well as from countries in the

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<v Speaker 2>Global South. Marxists would highlight that this is an example

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<v Speaker 2>of workers becoming isolated from their work and exploiting the

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<v Speaker 2>poor by making companies and CEOs richer. So the company's

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<v Speaker 2>CEOs are from the most money by paying the work

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<v Speaker 2>is the least amount of money. While technology may be

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<v Speaker 2>useful for countries spuriers and communication, the same technology only

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<v Speaker 2>exists through exploitation of people in the Global South. This

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<v Speaker 2>highlights how countries both from go North and South can

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<v Speaker 2>suffer from this. Okay, it's now into families, so there's

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<v Speaker 2>been an increase of nannies from poor countries. An extract

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<v Speaker 2>from the book Global Women, Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers

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<v Speaker 2>in the New Economy by Barbara Ehenreich and Arlie Rossell

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<v Speaker 2>Horosschild So I've pronounced that wrong states that women from

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<v Speaker 2>poor developing countries are migrating to developed nations to work

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<v Speaker 2>as maids and nannies to raise other people's children, but

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<v Speaker 2>not able to raise their children back in their home countries.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably pushes these women to leave their home countries. So

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<v Speaker 2>this has led to flow a female labor when women

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<v Speaker 2>from Global South countries migrated to do quote unquote women's

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<v Speaker 2>work in the North. This is partially because there's been

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<v Speaker 2>an increase of female breadwinners in the Global North. So

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<v Speaker 2>both parents are busy at work and don't have time

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<v Speaker 2>to look after their children, so they need a nanny

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<v Speaker 2>to look after children. Also, countries like the US do

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<v Speaker 2>not offer public childcare for working mothers, so this is

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<v Speaker 2>another reason why nannies from a global seuth come to

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<v Speaker 2>work for families in the Global North. But as upclass

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<v Speaker 2>and UK families benefit from purchasing these nannies, the NAIs

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<v Speaker 2>have to change their whole lives and across the globe

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<v Speaker 2>and ban their children to do so. The difference Showness

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<v Speaker 2>would argue that this highlights that women aren't heterogeneous and

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<v Speaker 2>not every woman experiences the own difficulties. So if you're

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<v Speaker 2>a woman from a global South and you're working class

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<v Speaker 2>and you're a marginalized ethnicity in the UK, then you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be more oppressed and more compared to upper

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<v Speaker 2>class white British families. Globalization has also led to an

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<v Speaker 2>increase of trade, so therefore an increase of overconsumption, especially

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<v Speaker 2>from the globe North. Marxist Zetsky likes how families at

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<v Speaker 2>as an important market for the sale of consumer goods

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<v Speaker 2>and capitalists can easily profit off them and see operusts

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<v Speaker 2>of workers for more than they pay them. So I guess,

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<v Speaker 2>like for example, miners in Congo, that's an example of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Adverts like the Joneses highlight the pressure to consume the

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<v Speaker 2>latest products and keep up with the latest trends, as

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<v Speaker 2>well as this pestive power from children and pressure their

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<v Speaker 2>parents into buying them products. So they're obviously influenced by

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<v Speaker 2>the media to get more toys as they are believed

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<v Speaker 2>that these toys will bring them happiness. However, the Global

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<v Speaker 2>South suffer immensely from this, not only from working in sweatshops,

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<v Speaker 2>but also the consequences of buying all these products. The

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<v Speaker 2>Center for International Environmental Law says that eighty percent of

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<v Speaker 2>toys end up in anfields, in surats or oceans, an

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<v Speaker 2>account for almost six percent of blandfill, plastics business ways

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<v Speaker 2>dot co UK highlights across the world each year there's

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<v Speaker 2>ninety two million tons of textiles waste and this is

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<v Speaker 2>responsible for ten percent of greenhouse gases. The cost of

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<v Speaker 2>living crisis has also influenced families and people to buy

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<v Speaker 2>clothes from fast fashion brands as they're cheaper and they

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<v Speaker 2>can get more of them for a cheaper amount these brands.

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<v Speaker 2>So these are brands like H and M, Sheene, Primark,

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<v Speaker 2>and so on. However, countries from Global South, although not

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<v Speaker 2>the ones that are over consuming, usually face the results

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<v Speaker 2>of this overconsumption and this waste of textiles and products

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<v Speaker 2>that is purchased from the Global South experienced the effects

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<v Speaker 2>of climate change the most sample countries like Kenya. According

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<v Speaker 2>to Greenpeace, second hand clothes are given to poorer countries

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<v Speaker 2>like Kenya. The clothes that are imported are usually poor

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<v Speaker 2>qual to and this also shows how countries are from

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<v Speaker 2>Gal South have to deal with consequences of vast fashion.

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<v Speaker 2>In twenty nineteen, Kenya imported one hundred and eighty five

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<v Speaker 2>thousand tons of secondhand clothes and thirty to forty percent

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<v Speaker 2>of it having no value than five hunds to a

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<v Speaker 2>tenty four thousand tons was textiles waste, and about one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty to two hundred tons of this ways

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<v Speaker 2>ended up being dumped, burned or sent to overflow dumb

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<v Speaker 2>sites like Dundura. So this is also a feature of

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<v Speaker 2>climate colonialism, which is the exploitation of resources empowered by

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<v Speaker 2>Global North countries when dealing with climate change. So like

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<v Speaker 2>Global North countries usually abuse their positions of power and

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<v Speaker 2>wealth and dump their like products such as like overflowing

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<v Speaker 2>like waste of textiles to global Talth countries and export

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<v Speaker 2>their solutions abroad rather than trying to fix their ways

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<v Speaker 2>of pollution. The semstrates how families in Global North now

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<v Speaker 2>have access and more choice to buy products that keep

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<v Speaker 2>them the latest trends and mature objects like toys to

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<v Speaker 2>feel that to fill their interests of their children. However,

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<v Speaker 2>the Global South suffer immensely from the consequences of this overconsumption,

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<v Speaker 2>which leads to excess waste which is exported to Global

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<v Speaker 2>South countries, creating more pollution and damage to those nations.

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<v Speaker 2>Marsters will be critical of this as not only fast

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<v Speaker 2>fashion companies are creating anither coal places of work, but

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<v Speaker 2>they clearly don't care about the impact that has environment

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<v Speaker 2>around them. They care most about the profits and getting

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<v Speaker 2>the most money by sending these clothes for cheap and

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<v Speaker 2>when no one wants them, landfall sites will give them

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<v Speaker 2>to countries and Global South, which is also quite patronizing

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<v Speaker 2>to the people in the Global South and makes it

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<v Speaker 2>seem as they are like blow the Global North because

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<v Speaker 2>they're getting the remains that they don't want. In conclusion,

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<v Speaker 2>globalization has many benefits towards the UK, like more migration

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<v Speaker 2>so better economy, as does more care as there's more terrors,

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<v Speaker 2>more domestic jobs and more people working for the NHS,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's also an increase in technology. But the very

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<v Speaker 2>things that we benefit from come from places of abuse

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<v Speaker 2>and exploitation in which Global Salth countries suffer from, so

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<v Speaker 2>not all countries who benefit from globalization, and maybe we

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<v Speaker 2>should think next time the things that we have, the

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<v Speaker 2>mature things that we have in our homes where they're

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<v Speaker 2>originally from one of their from places of ethical work backgrounds.

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