On the Flows of Democratization and the Ebbs of Globalization
The author, despite espousing some strong left-wing views , tend to be in agreement with some neo-liberals on the fundamental direction of humanity's future. It will primarily be defined by two inevitable, unstoppable flows of history. On one side is democratization, a rise of the empowered masses, bolstered by labor's increasing ability to leverage their economic roles, utilize independent sources of information, and propagate their own organized opinions to large populations via social media. On the other is globalization, the gradual breakdown of state control over cross-border exchanges of goods, capital, and labor.