Bright and Geyer argue that Globalization distinctly started around 150 years ago. They utilize key economic and political changes that are indicative of irreversible social and technological change within the world, during this era. They then elaborate on the dichotomy of the western world and globalization by arguing that westernization and Globalization are not synonymous. they continue by saying that westernization and the advancements that follow throughout other countries are just reactionary results based on the inevitability of globalization as a whole.