A Global World

As I looked over the words from President Obama's inaugural address, I noticed the usual patriotic words such as "nation", "America", and "spirit", but there was also one other word that had caught my eye -- world.  I started thinking about how countries interact with each other on a daily basis now; communication is so easy!  Naturally as I scrolled through the past presidents, I realized that the word "world" was dying out and being replaced with words like "union" and "country".

When our country first was established, our founding fathers had to try to do something that was never done before -- unite a bunch of strong states that formed a weak confederacy.  In the early stages of our history, the politicians were not primarily concerned with helping foreign nations, they were concerned with the development of their own.  It is no surprise that I saw so many words like "union" and "constitution" from our early presidents.

I have never given it much thought until now, but government has turned into not only sovereignty over a nation's land, but into a global affair.  The world isn't such a big place anymore.  Back in the day, the handwritten letters or messages to other countries took weeks and even months to arrive.  Now with a few clicks of a button, government officials from America can be video chatting with government officials from China; this is really quite remarkable!

Since nations are so connected now, we all have to be conscious of what we are saying or doing, making sure not to offend another country.  A country's business is also less private; news spreads fast and when any scandal or war springs up, everyone will soon know about it, either providing aid or criticism.

A global world in my opinion is not a bad thing, it helps make everyone more cultured and worldly.  The global market also is a huge benefit from the development of this -- needed products and resources can be shipped to any part of the world!  To conclude, it is not surprising that our country's focus has shifted from itself to the world.  The United States have become united and stable, and with the help of technology, we can now focus on our global interactions, and our presidential speeches are starting to reflect this ideal.