The annual World Naked Bike Ride protests oil use and attracts millions of people. Riders gather, disrobe, and then ride through a busy part of town, while they are watched and reacted to by nonriders. Is this consistent with the idea behind convergence theory?

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Answer:    Yes, because all participants have the same idea

Explanation:  Convergent theory, which became popular in the 1960's, speaks generally of the transition of a nation (any) from the initial forms of industrialisation to a highly developed industrial nation. In this way, in every nation that goes through this path, the same social patterns emerge, so that they will all merge and converge towards a common, global culture. Of course, this refers to national economies undergoing this path of transformation so that all economies more or less developed will eventually converge towards a single economy, a culture on the principle of catch-up effect. This means that less developed economies will develop faster than developed economies and will eventually converge towards the same point in the common culture.

On the other hand, the World Naked Bike Ride is a movement or protest whose requirements are safety for bikers, against the enormous use of oil, and consequently against climate change and for body positivity. All their demands and what they fight for are expressed through festivals where they fill the busy city streets with a cheerful atmosphere and almost naked if not completely naked bodies.

Given that all economies and cultures are converging towards a common culture, a global culture with the elements of liberalism, against further pollution of the planet and the fight for a healthy environment, where national economies globally will have a program to reduce fossil fuels, then one can to say this is in line with the idea behind convergence theory. What the World Naked Bike Ride stands for is greeted by non-bikers, so everyone agrees on this, showing the converging point of global culture, even on that day of protest in certain noisy, busy streets of the city, but it shows the said idea.

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