tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450512.post4437300637793740850..comments2023-11-05T06:27:24.362-06:00Comments on A Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Citizens: How I'm Occupying My TimeI Drink and I Know Things...http://www.blogger.com/profile/11608248895813409154noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450512.post-30339249606602669972007-01-22T19:52:00.000-06:002007-01-22T19:52:00.000-06:00Seems like many of the "academia" is telling the w...Seems like many of the "academia" is telling the world that people will move to urban areas for those "high-paying" manufacturing and industrial jobs...<br /><br />In reality, it seems that much of the prime land, historically used for small, sustainable farms is being taken by big corporations to grow exotic crops for export only, and meanwhile those people starving in Mumbai are being told to buy their staple foods from other countries and earn some money with exports...<br /><br />All in the name of "globalization" and the "free trade/free market."<br /><br />It seems humans are missing the spirituality and sense of community that binds us as families, neighbors and friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450512.post-3098163900927690862007-01-22T07:57:00.000-06:002007-01-22T07:57:00.000-06:00Not the squatter cities. Maybe more middle class ...Not the squatter cities. Maybe more middle class people are moving to the cities for those reasons. But the people I'm working with are almost-literally fleeing slavery. Quite literally, it's indentured servitude of such an extreme that I'm not sure why we don't just call it slavery. They create these urban villages out of nothing, out of trash, so technology really isn't available on a daily basis.Andrea Rusinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100786820614125551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450512.post-72128935161588805722007-01-22T00:04:00.000-06:002007-01-22T00:04:00.000-06:00Lots of interesting questions. Here's another: A...Lots of interesting questions. Here's another: Are people gravitating toward cities because human society is increasingly dependent upon technology unavailable in rural areas?Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.com