Differences between countries become less evident each year. Nowadays, all over the world people share the same fashions, advertising, brands, eating habits and TV channels. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

Countries are sharing more and more similarities which brings

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in many areas of our lives.

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essay will argue that the advantages of

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development outweigh the disadvantages because it reduces cultural shock and helps boost the

economy

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. The main reason that

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oppose

globalisation

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is fear of losing their culture and authenticity. Many international companies have expanded their business to different countries and famous chains

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as H&M and McDonald's can be seen all over the world.

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trend,

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, is largely dominated by the fast growth

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culture followed by industrialisation.

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many

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enjoy trendy fashion and food, it is undeniably true that authentic tastes have become more and more invisible. Many traditional indigenous clothing and crafting,

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, have gradually been replaced by industrially made fast production.

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that, many languages and dialects are

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disappearing which will limit our understanding of human history. Despite the drawbacks, there are more advantages

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brings to our lives. The main advantage is to reduce our cultural shock. Many

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often need to travel overseas for work or study, so having familiar food, clothing and TV programmes in a foreign country can make those expatriates or travellers adapt to a foreign nation more easily.

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, many exchange students from America who took a year to study in Japan appreciated immensely the familiar food chains

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as McDonald's and Kentucky.

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of spending time worrying about dining in unfamiliar restaurants, they could focus on their academic study. Another advantage of

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globalisation

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is to promote the

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, especially for developing and underdeveloped countries.

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, international companies

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as Tesla and Ford have opened up their branches in many foreign lands and inevitably employed local

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.

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has not only created job opportunities but

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increased the average local salaries and boosted the local

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. In conclusion, despite the disadvantages of

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might cause,

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inevitable development is undoubtedly lessening the cultural shock and stimulating the global

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.