In hindsight perhaps the more benevolent action might have been complete nuclear annihilation during the cold war.
To me the connectivity of individuals with each other that is the key to globalisation is a marvellous thing.
On the other hand, the centralisation and consolidation and growth of inequality we see are just as "evil" in effect as you say.
But I'm an optimist. Help is coming.
The fact that a 19 year old could single-handedly destroy the business model of the entire global music industry by inventing "peer to peer" music sharing gives me hope that all is not lost.
Napsterisation is happening wherever we look, for those with eyes to see.
And it will mean the end of everything negative about globalisation. "Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
