“It takes a village to raise a child.” This African proverb became a metaphor for creative problem solving. This phrase was quite often used by America’s favorite president since FDR (and creator of the WTO’s), Bill Clinton.
With the Internet, stretching it’s web around the world, and the corporations becoming multinational, the ruthless jinn of free trade had to be hidden in something warm and fuzzy (global village) in order to convince all of those who knew "it wasn't right from the start," that it was really a win-win opportunity and not a winners-take-all scam.
If you still are confused, remember Baghdad and that havoc being wrecked up north.
It’s shame how many of us are willing to accept ideas without seriously thinking about them. The metaphor, global village leads us to believe that we are all one community. One in which everyone’s concerns, hopes, desires, and needs are addressed. But have we ever taken the time to think about the social structure of the village?