posted 28 March 2004 12:31 PM
This is an idea I hadn't thought of: Thirdworldization of America. When I think about it, it's an interesting concept.
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jeff house
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posted 28 March 2004 01:09 PM
James Laxer had a similar thesis a few years ago, though he called it "De-industrialization".
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posted 28 March 2004 01:41 PM
In point of fact, Naming Rumpelstiltskin by Ann Finlayson mentions this phenomenon as well (sorry, no original source): The USA, as of 1994, when she was getting the numbers (this was before the late 1990s dot-com boom), would effectively become a Third World country by 2020 if then-current trends continued. The late 1990s boom has probably postponed that for a few years, but income inequality is still increasing in the USA, and in point of fact, is higher now than ever before.
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beluga2
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posted 29 March 2004 02:42 AM
Noam Chomsky's speech in Vancouver back in '96 was titled "Bringing the Third World Home".
An interesting concept indeed, visible all around us, sadly.
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