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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Natasha wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>> I've been working on an article on the culture of globalization,</DIV>
<DIV>> democracy + capitalism. From my research, democracy
and</DIV>
<DIV>> capitalism lean toward compatibility and could be helpful</DIV>
<DIV>> advocates of human rights.<BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT><BR>> Does anyone think that the democratic interconnected
financial</DIV>
<DIV>> relations between nations could be a driving force behind </DIV>
<DIV>> advancing worldwide human rights?<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm sceptical but I'd be interested to hear why you
think so and I think</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the area you are choosing to explore has merit.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you write an essay on this I will read it and
give you some feedback</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on or offlist as you prefer, you can then take
that feedback or leave</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it as you prefer. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When capitalism and democracy don't map to the same
geographical</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>spaces I think capitalism can hurt human rights as
human rights are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>not equivalent in different locations and
people are not competing on an</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>even footing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But democracy, capitalism and human rights are all
pretty substantial</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>terms and probably need to be defined pretty
carefully to ensure that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>anything sensible is said about them at
all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I see some sort of international law as essential
to human rights if </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>capitalism </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>is going
to apply internationally or capitalism will work </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>against </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>human rights
by seeking our the cheapest labour wherever it</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>can get it on any terms that it can get it.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Capitalism is as happy to supply weapons as
medicines, happier</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if the margins are bigger. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brett Paatsch</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>