George Ritzer

"Cultural imperialism involved, among many other things, exploration, missionary and humanitarian missions, travel, and the use of education and publishing to disseminate European ideas."

"Of course, it remains to be seen what the effect of the Great Recession will be on resistance to globalization. It seems clear, however, that if the recession grows deeper and extends over a long peri…"

"It is increasingly difficult to find examples of warfare that are unaffected by globalization."

"Marx's insight of a century-and-a-half ago was not only highly prescient, but is far truer today than in Marx's day."

"In the end, the key point is that in gaining a better understanding of these processes, we gain a more nuanced and sophisticated sense of the fundamental nature of globalization."

"One cannot understand globalization, and many of its problems, without understanding neo-liberalism."

"Free markets induce a natural collective reaction by society."

"While the US was hegemonic in the era of geopolitics, it is greatly weakened as globalization competes with, and gains ascendancy over, geopolitics."