The Myth Of Perpetual Growth Analysis

Doctrine of Perpetual Growth – Robbin’s presents the idea of perpetual growth, an earmark of capitalism, which is defined just as it sounds: an idea or believe that a society or culture can experience an everlasting growth within their economy. Western culture holds on to this idea of perpetual growth, and through agents such as capitalism, modernism, industrialism, they attempt to make it possible. As such, it is pertinent to understand the belief of perpetual growth because the aforementioned agents are also the drivers of modern day globalization. The Myth of Modernity experienced by Zambia ties in well with the doctrine of perpetual growth. Through experiencing a larger scale of industrialization, and modernization, Zambia believed that they would undergo growth as a teleological process.
Anti-globalization movement - The anti-globalization movement is a social movement which is critical of corporate capitalism. This is not one single movement, per se, but more of a movement of movements. Protesters criticize globalism on many fronts (anti-capitalism, anti-plutocracy, anti-corporate, etc), …show more content…
In capitalism people produce or obtain goods not for use, but to exchange for the purpose of gaining capital. However, the simple definition of capitalism does not sufficiently cover the global culture of capitalism. In Thailand, for instance, owners of shop houses would practice basic principles of capitalism such as wage labor and investing profits. However, the current global culture of capitalism exists on a much larger scale, and influences the community differently. The transition from shop house to department store represented the transition from capitalism to the global capitalism practiced in the larger, more developed countries