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Globalism or Globalization has been a hot topic within the last decade or so. While the
last 100 years have shown a rise in the unison of countries all over the world, the technology
boom has certainly sped up globalism like never before as we are able to connect, trade and learn
from one another’s cultures with the click of a mouse. It has had its advantages like being able to
create diplomacy through trade deals and help one another’s economies in ways. Cultures have
been able to merge and learn to live with one another as well. The world has never been as
connected and in communication as it is today and computers, the internet, smart phones and
While many see globalism as a huge benefit of having the world unite, others have taken
a step back to see it as problematic to the point where there are theories and underlying secrets
and destruction caused by globalization. “It is the realists who are now Europeans, the utopians
who dream nostalgically of a resurgent England or Germany, perhaps even a resurgent Wales or
Saxony” (Barber, 1992). Brexit and the election of Trump is a huge result of nationalists trying
to fight back against globalization. One talking head who has gained huge popularity within the
nationalist and conservative community has been Alex Jones of Infowars. Through podcasts and
news appearances, Jones warns of the globalist leaders of Europe and North America trying to
create one union that will lead to a socialist state that controls our money and monitors the
During one of Alex Jones’ podcasts he brings up Mark Zuckerberg and how he
(Zuckerberg) has admitted that the government is watching us 24/7. He believes Zuckerberg is
working for the government and that he created the concept of Facebook as way to keep track of
our lives through the internet. Those who follow Alex Jones in forums on Reddit.com, 4chan and
even YouTube comments go as far as to believe that Mark Zuckerberg being Jewish is a part of a
Zionist plan in a global take over. An article titled “The Jewish hand behind Internet - Google,
Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo!, MySpace, eBay..” on fourwinds10.com (an American right wing
site) talks about how the creation and of Facebook and top internet sites have all been created by
Jews that have connections to top Zionists in Israel. This article was shared by 1.2k on Facebook
and liked by 15k. The alt-right has recently called out popular sites such as Facebook, Wikipedia
and Yahoo a part of Cultural Marxism which to them is the mainstream teachings in school, pop
culture and these internet sites. It is believed that the idea is led by communist Zionists that first
While the theories on Cultural Marxism have gained popularity in recent years, there are
those who believe in deeper conspiracies such as reptilian humanoids that run the world. David
Icke who is a former soccer player from Britain thought up the myth of reptilians and has written
books that have become bestsellers while also maintaining a popular presence on YouTube. He
currently has almost 500,000 subscribers to his channel and many of his videos have over a
million views. The Paris Review’s 2016 article on reptilians sums up the theory pretty well:
“These Reptilians are not dull-witted things, like, say, pet-shop iguanas. These lizards are
brilliant. So brilliant, in fact, that they’ve shape-shifted into the bodies of all sorts of people you
may regard as revered and accomplished human beings. Among the lizard elite, Icke includes the
entire British monarchy, the Bush family, the Rothschilds, absolutely everyone invited to
Bohemian Grove, the Illuminati, Freemasons, most Jews, the Pope, Obama and his wife, and—
shape shift and the moon is used as a way of controlling the human race. Other globalization
myths and issues seem small in comparison to the threat of reptilians, but in a way they are all
connected. The threat of reptilians, Zionist takeover, communism, white genocide are all part of
the fear of globalization and the fact that world has changed. “Major disturbances arise, rather,
from influences outside of the country. When Argentina suddenly faced high interest rates in
1998, it wasn’t because of what Argentina did but because of what happened in Russia.
Argentina cannot be blamed for Russia’s crisis” (Stiglitz,2002). The economic concerns seem to
center around markets being too influential from other countries causing homelands to be
There could be some truth to that mind set when McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Subways
are open all over the world making it hard for countries that are not in the first world class to
develop their economy with their own businesses. The threat of immigration and open borders
causes the first world countries to worry about those within these poor economies to move their
countries and threaten the culture and face of what their customs have represented for centuries.
In other words, many feel that they have no control over their living environment or say within
their piece of land on the planet. The white genocide myth stems heavily from that fear as many
believe that it is white countries that are primarily the ones pressured to open its borders to
Tribalism and racism has come back into fashion in the mainstream because nationalists
think that history will erase their race and accomplishments. American White Nationalist
Richard Spencer has joined forces with other white nationalists from Sweden in investing in a
media platform with goals of exposing crimes against whites by other races, the threats of
globalism and promoting the idea of allowing predominantly white countries in keeping their
heritage true their European roots. To the followers of Spencer’s movement, the coming together
of the world is a threat that will cause chaos to “civilized” societies because they believe it
The election of Donald Trump was a huge victory for Spencer and his followers and
other anti-globalization theorists. He is a nationalist that has fought to ban those from certain
Muslim countries from traveling to the United States, he ended the USA’s deal with Paris to help
fight global warming claiming it was not good for the USA, and he is a supporter of Brexit. All
of these qualities that keep his supporters loyal are a form of retaliation towards the world
becoming more connected and changing faster than many can keep up with.
While the United States worries about foreign cultures taking over, Arab and Islamic
countries fear the west in the same way. The pressures of western culture weighs heavy as it
spreads through pop culture and businesses around the world. The Middle East in particular view
the United States, Europe and other modernized nations as imperialistic and a threat to their
religion and customs. Islam is not just a religion for many Arabs since laws and social norms are
all based on Islamic beliefs. To them, the spread of Western secularism is considered a form of
foreign invasion. The government controls much of the Internet in Muslim countries because of
this. The openness in technology helps for many to discover the ideas of feminism, open
sexuality and questioning religion which could lead the nations to chaos in their view.
countries that are steps back from technology and Western culture and spreading their businesses
to create jobs in places that need them. In America we love our tacos and Chinese take-out and in
France even the Louvre has its own McDonald’s in its building. So to those that see the positive
in the world coming closer together, all the conspiracies and myths whatever extreme they may
be are just excuses and fears in the heads of those who don’t want to embrace change and expect
The more logical approach it seems when it comes to the bad side of globalization is the
economic impact. Countries with struggling economies should be able to run their own coffee
shop without Starbucks putting them out of business and contributing to empty capitalism. Nestle
shouldn’t be taking the only fresh water supply from a poor country to supply it to USA, Japan,
UK, etc just because they can. It is these problems that need to be addressed as a way to balance
out globalization because as technology grows it is inevitable and almost seems impossible that
The believers in the reptilian race can continue to dissect images on the internet that show
the reptile scales underneath Obama or Queen Elizabeth’s skin. The anti-Semites can also
continue to blame the Jewish community for the all the problems and brainwashing the world has
subjected us to, but even with the rise of Donald Trump and nationalist ideals I don’t believe it is
a direct threat to globalism. I see it more as a retaliation. We have already come too far in
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- Barber, Benjamin R. "Jihad vs. McWorld." The Atlantic. March 01, 1992. Accessed
mcworld/303882/.
- Donahue, Chris. "Four Winds 10 - News." The Jewish hand behind Internet - Google,
Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo!, MySpace, eBay... >> Four Winds 10 - Truth Winds.
http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/media/internet/news.php?q=1262024557.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism.
- Stern, Jane. "Monsters for Grown-ups." The Paris Review. December 22, 2016. Accessed
grownups/.
- Culture. "How Anti-White Rhetoric Is Fueling White Nationalism." The Federalist. May
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