Change is often seen as a positive thing, with the emphasis being on that if we change we become better, more advanced or stronger, but is this always the case? Over the past 20 years the world has seen a massive amount of cultural and social change with technological advancements in particular, improving many people’s way of life. But every change results in consequences, good and bad, and it is very difficult to predict the outcomes of every change made because it is complicated for us to see exactly how the future will unfold.
There are many examples where change can be a very positive and productive force. For example, when the Whitlam government was elected into power in 1972, he paved the way for Australia to move forward in it’s ideals to recognise the status of women, indigenous Australian’s and equal eduction for all. This extremely beneficial change in government meant that there was progress in Australian society, and Whitlam’s influence is still felt t
The changes made by Globalisation and the influence of the Western world on Third world and under developed countries have good and bad outcomes. While companies such as Nike, Puma, McDonalds and KFC employ and utilize people from all over the world, providing jobs for struggling families in countries where there are low manufacturing costs, the wages they pay to their primary and secondary industries especially are devastatingly low compared with how much their products cost when bought buy customers. This exploitation has become a major problem which was originally dismissed by these Trans National Corporations when administering the changes in advertisement and locating their production lines in countries with low manufacturing coast to benefit their companies. Globalisation can be a very productive thing when it introduces beneficial technology and products into under developed countries, but this can wreck havoc with the traditional culture and result in exploitation and poverty. There are even negative conseq