#bali

Let us admit that we have attended parties where for one brief night a republic of gratified desires was attained. Shall we not confess that the politics of that night have more reality and force for us than those of, say, the entire U.S. Government? Some of the "parties" we've mentioned lasted for two or three years. Is this something worth imagining, worth fighting for? Let us study invisibility, webworking, psychic nomadism--and who knows what we might attain? ↗

— Hakim Bey

#inspirational #neotribalism #utopian #imagination

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation. ↗

— Janez Drnovsek

#fundamental #fundamental questions #globalisation #question #questions

Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#globalization #internet #russia #should #speedy

Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation. ↗

— Larry Elder

#benefits #causes #companies #consumers #cost

The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations. ↗

— William Greider

#globalization #instrument #international #international relations #marketplace

Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault. ↗

— Arlo Guthrie

#fault #globalization #greed #just

It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people. ↗

— Tarja Halonen

#follows #globalization #law #logically #nature

Under the process of ongoing globalization, advantages are, in the main, created for a minority of countries and development centres as well as powerful transnational companies. ↗

— Tran Duc Luong

#centres #companies #countries #created #development

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#demonstrate #economy #fact #globalization #got

I will not let anything hurt you,” Balik promised. “I will not let anything come between us,” I replied with my own whispered oath. “You and me,” Balik smiled a little. “Always,” I agreed as I reached up to draw his face to mine and pressed my lips onto his. ↗

— Melanie Cusick-Jones

#cassie #love #love