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RELIGI\S FUNDAM5TALI/S1 NATIONALI/S & FASCI/S :OSE PROBLEM ) GLOBALIZATION IS ?AT IT OP5S PEOPLE TO NEW IDEAS ?AT *ALL5GE BACKW>D PREJUDICES & CULTURAL PRACTICES4 ,CULTURE IS NOT /ATIC4 ,IT IS *ANG$ & RE%AP$ ?R\< /RUGGLE1 & WE AN>*I/S %\LD ONLY DEF5D ?OSE ELEM5TS ( NATIONAL CULTURES ?AT >E PROGRESSIVE & PRO-WORK+ CLASS4 ,:AT AN>*I/S OPPOSE >E ! NEO-LIB]AL1 CAPITALI/1 ASPECTS ( GLOBALIZATION4 ,WE OPPOSE ATTACKS ON WAGES1 WORK+ CONDITIONS & WELF>E1 BECAUSE !SE HURT ! WORK+ CLASS & BECAUSE !Y >E 9 ! 9T]E/S ( CAPITALI/S4 ,!SE CAPITALI/ ASPECTS ( GLOBALIZATION >E AN 9T]NATIONAL CLASS W> ROOT$ 9 CAPITALISM1 & ITS CURR5T CRISIS ( PR(ITABILITY4 ,NOT)/&+ ! HYPE AB\T ! 0NEW ECONOMY0 & ! 0NEW PROSP]ITY10 CAPITALISM HAS BE5 9 CRISIS S9CE >\ND #a#i#g#c4 ,AV]AGE GR[? RATES 9 ! ,WE/ 9 ! #a#i#eS W]E >\ND #e.0 P] YE>2 BY ! #a#i#gS1 !Y FELL TO #b.02 BY ! #a#i#hS1 ! FIGURE WAS CLOS] TO #a.04 ,& SO1 BIG BUS9ESS HAS BE5 TRY+ TO RE/RUCTURE ITSELF = SURVIVAL & R5EW$ PR(IT ?R\< ! 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