... to the movie "Demolition Man"" in which the future is portrayed as a standardized, homogenized world. Author, Mario Vargas Llosa, agrees with Friedman that globalization does cause a disappearance of national boundaries but Llosa feels that this is not necessarily a bad thing. The new society that will be formed is just another step ... change their identity are right, it will change them but that is not a bad thing and will not lead to a world without diversity. Llosa thinks that the disappearance of national borders will lead to an increase in incentives to learn about other cultures ...

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... jobs and possibilities of a better life. This immigration results in an intermingling of cultures and beliefs. New York City, for example, is characterized by its" multiracial and multicultural aspects. Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist, notes that "In New York I have always felt that I was at the center of the world, in a modern Babylon, a sort of Borgesian aleph with representation of all ... ...

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