http://global-culture.org/the-idle-class/ Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:40:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://global-culture.org/the-idle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-8999 Global Culture » new to this blog? Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:26:02 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/10/16/the-idle-class/#comment-8999 [...] According to my analytics software, and by virtue of being a finalist for the best new weblog bloggie, it seems there is a very high probability that you are new to this blog. As such, I would like to give you my elevator pitch so you can decide if you should subscribe or just vote for this blog and never come back. As a result of globalization, I believe there are mostly two kinds of people: those who are joining what I call the idle class, content to adopt a safe rhythm that involves little risk and promises the rewards of mass consumption; and those who will take any risks necessary in order to join the first group. All of them moving at such a fast pace that they can’t realize how valuable their cultural context is and how meaningful their lives could be if they were not hypnotized by global corporations. [...] [...] According to my analytics software, and by virtue of being a finalist for the best new weblog bloggie, it seems there is a very high probability that you are new to this blog. As such, I would like to give you my elevator pitch so you can decide if you should subscribe or just vote for this blog and never come back. As a result of globalization, I believe there are mostly two kinds of people: those who are joining what I call the idle class, content to adopt a safe rhythm that involves little risk and promises the rewards of mass consumption; and those who will take any risks necessary in order to join the first group. All of them moving at such a fast pace that they can’t realize how valuable their cultural context is and how meaningful their lives could be if they were not hypnotized by global corporations. [...]

]]> http://global-culture.org/the-idle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-4740 Global Culture » a new economic era Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:42:42 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/10/16/the-idle-class/#comment-4740 [...] But, despite all these theoretical abundance, the only winners are the global corporations, and the big loosers are those in the middle class. Hope is fading as we awaken to the realization that companies have no loyalty to a nation, moving entire production facilities to the cheapest possible places, taking advantage of whichever local incentives are available. In a desperate move to compete, governments are doing nothing else but fueling this strategy. [...] [...] But, despite all these theoretical abundance, the only winners are the global corporations, and the big loosers are those in the middle class. Hope is fading as we awaken to the realization that companies have no loyalty to a nation, moving entire production facilities to the cheapest possible places, taking advantage of whichever local incentives are available. In a desperate move to compete, governments are doing nothing else but fueling this strategy. [...]

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