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happen to benefit as well since products become cheaper and thus more affordable. Nontheless, this also involves the exploitation of workers, destruction of local production facilities and markers, as well as the minimization of the chances of a small businesses' expansion as they are unable to withstand the great competition and new global standards. Besides the affect on the economy, Globalization also influences countries on a cultural level. For example, the interconnection increases between people all around the globe through social media or enabled international school exchange programs which allows individuals to experience the world from a new perspective and learn about new lifestyles, customs and traditions. Moreover, the simplified migration leads increasing diversity in terms of more people with different ethnical backgrounds living in a country. The result of that can be rather polarized. Depending on the place, this can either result in more tolerance and acceptance towards differences or increased racism. Nevertheless, cultural diversities are being diminished through the westernization. Another rather contradictory effect is the use of English as a gobal language. On one hand, it is beneficial to have some kind of universal laguage as it enables communication with almost but everyone world wide on the other hand, it weakens national languages. " Globalization also finds its significance on a political level. Countries have developed an interdependence by constructing partnerships like the EU or peacekeeping forces such as the UN or NATO. Moreover, transnational problems e.g. COVID 19, climate change, terrorism etc. can be discussed and solved more easily since the international connection enables uninterrupted communication wich allows politicians to create collective and targeted solutions for global issues or international conflicts.