Does Globalization Contibute To Sustainable Prosperity For...

Globalization has both benefits and disadvantages. Whether one outweighs the other depends on the person answering the question. However, within this essay is why the advantages can outweigh the disadvantages if society begins to play their cards right and not abuse the chances we have to achieve sustainable prosperity for all. But if the world continues the way it is going now, destroying the earth and each other, the disadvantages can quickly take over and ruin everybody. We cannot live with only benefits like the world has provided for itself. Add in the fact that the way the world tries to get sustainable prosperity hasnt been successful, we need to settle for the current life filled with both benefits and disadvantages.†¦show more content†¦So regardless of the pros, there are yet again, still cons to effect the inability to have true sustainable prosperity just yet. Ship breaking is an iffy topic and could be seen as more of a con more than anything. Ship breaking is dangerous and unhealthy, and is usually done under the radar very unsafely and people are hurting themselves so much just to break the ship and gain a little more money. The people that break the huge ships tend to be people from non-Westernized countries. It is expensive and hard to do safely and properly, so people usually fly under the radar to get cheap laborers to do it. These people subject themselves to extremely unsafe conditions that could harm their health, bodies, and most importantly, their very lives. It is easy to die breaking ships. The pollution is horrid, as the ships arent usually cleaned and drained of harmful chemicals when it is supposed to be law that they should- as said before, the ship breaking business operates a lot under the legal radar of countries. Plus, little profit is made other than making room for more ships and recycling what we once used. But the recycling is the pro itself here in this huge con. These people who break the ships use almost the entire ship for what they need. The people who break the ships use each little bit to their benefit to try and live better lives that what they already do. People and the world