In most countries multinational companies and their products are becoming more and more important. This trend is seriously damaging our quality of life. Do you agree or disagree?

Multinational companies nowadays find it easy both to market their products all over the world and set up factories wherever they find it convenient. In my

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opinion, this

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has had a harmful effect on our quality of life in three main areas. The

first

area is their products. Supporters of globalization would argue that multinational companies make high-quality goods available to more people. While

this

may be true to some extent, it

also

means that we have less choice of products to buy. When powerful multinational

companies

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invade local

markets with their goods, they often force local companies with fewer resources to go out

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of business

. In consequence, we are obliged to buy multinational

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products, whether

we like them or not.

This

brings me to my

second

point. It is sometimes said that multinational companies and globalisation are making societies more open.

This

may be true.

However

, I would argue that

as a result

the human race is losing its cultural diversity. If we consumed different products, societies all over the world would be more varied.

This

can be seen by the fact that we all shop in 

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supermarkets and buy identical products wherever we live.

Thirdly

, defenders of multinational companies often point out that they provide employment.

Although

this

is undoubtedly true, it

also

means that we have become more dependent on them, which in turn makes us more vulnerable to their decisions. When,

for example

, a multinational decides to move its production facilities to another country,

this

has an adverse effect on its workers who lose their jobs. All in all, I believe that if we as voters pressured our governments to make multinational companies more

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responsible and protect

local producers from outside competition, we could have

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the benefits

of globalisation without its disadvantages.