Eduardo Galeano on Origin, Diversity, and Globalization

„Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a community identifies with something that symbolizes its favourite way of dreaming, living, dancing, playing or loving. This is the positive side of the world: a constant intermingling that produces new responses to new challenges. But because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups.“

Eduardo GaleanoEduardo Galeano reflects on origin, cultural diversity, community, globalization, and the effects of concentrated media power.
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Eduardo Galeano was a Uruguayan writer and journalist known for his socially critical works.

Eduardo Galeano connects reflections on origin and community with a critical view of globalization, cultural diversity, and media power.


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Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015) was a prominent Uruguayan writer and journalist. He gained fame for his innovative and critical literature dealing with political and social issues of Latin America, including his famous work 'Open Veins of Latin America'.

Eduardo Galeano quote about globalization, national borders, and capital movementCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Globalization has considerably accelerated in recent years following the dizzying expansion of communications and transport and the equally stupefying transnational mergers of capital. We must not confuse globalization with "internationalism" though. We know that the human condition is universal, that we share similar passions, fears, needs and dreams, but this has nothing to do with the "rubbing out" of national borders as a result of unrestricted capital movements. One thing is the free movement of peoples, the other of money." Eduardo Galeano
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"Current nationalism is merely the affirmation of the right of colonial elites to repeat historyand follow the road travelled by the rich toward the universal consumption of internationally marketed packages, a road which can ultimately lead only to universal pollution and universal frustration." Ivan Illich
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Zitat von Peter Scholl-Latour über Medienverblödung und Desinformation in der Ukraine-BerichterstattungCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Wir leben in einem Zeitalter der Massenverblödung, besonders der medialen Massenverblödung.[....] Wenn Sie sich einmal anschauen, wie einseitig die hiesigen Medien, von TAZ bis Welt, über die Ereignisse in der Ukraine berichten, dann kann man wirklich von einer Desinformation im großen Stil berichten, flankiert von den technischen Möglichkeiten des digitalen Zeitalters, dann kann man nur feststellen, die Globalisierung hat in der Medienwelt zu einer betrüblichen Provinzialisierung geführt." Peter Scholl-Latour
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Quote by Terence McKenna about culture alienating and dehumanizing peopleCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Culture is a perversion. It fetishizes objects, creates consumer mania, preaches endless forms of false happiness, false understanding in the form of squirrelly religions and silly cults. It invites people to dehumanize themselves by behaving like machines." Terence McKenna
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Umberto Eco quote about the Internet, knowledge, and shared understandingCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion separate encyclopedias, which would prevent any common understanding whatsoever." Umberto Eco
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