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Originally Posted by Joe Citizen
Destruction of regional cultures. Corporatisation of culture. Shift of focus from quality to marketability. In short, globalisation of the bland and easily digestible. Of course, all this is already happening.
I remember you remarking on Oprano how different life was in Jamaica when you visited recently. My impression was that you found it refreshing and an enjoyable change of pace. Would you want to lose that and have it replaced with half a dozen McDonalds', some strip malls, two Walmarts and a cineplex complete with food court?
Is it money that gives our lives meaning, or culture?
Why are we buying into it?
Can I have fries with that?
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I thought you might have meant something different such as that the homogenization of culture will reduce the potential solutions to our problems - something like social darwinism.
Whether Jamaicans want to work in and shop at Walmart, McD's and so on is up to them. I saw a BK and a KFC billboard there. Would it be right for us to deny, say Africans, modern conveniences that they want as soon as they see them?