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Globalisation, inequality, injustice and protest : Comments
By Ken Macnab, published 7/3/2012The most grinding poverty is a trifling evil compared with the inequality of classes.
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Posted by Shadow Minister, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 12:16:41 PM
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The amusing thing about the occupy protestors was that they were
running around, iphones in hand, staying in touch with one another. Now Apple who makes these iphones, has had such huge global demand from these people, that they have 100 billion $ cash in the bank and a market cap of half a trillion $. What on earth are they doing buying such products, if they so hate the manufacturers? Posted by Yabby, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 1:25:20 PM
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That's simple, Yabby.
>>What on earth are they doing buying such products, if they so hate the manufacturers?<< They were demonstrating solidarity with the oppressed workers at Apple's Foxconn factory in Shenzhen. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9006988/Mass-suicide-protest-at-Apple-manufacturer-Foxconn-factory.html Oh, wait... Posted by Pericles, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 2:23:49 PM
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Globalization is killing fatalism (where people just accept how they live)People are no longer resigned to live under state run media, where news is served in a biased fashion and authoritarian rule, where their freedom and human rights are compromised.
This new technology provides the world a way to connect to each other, and the next decade will see this continue exponentially. Websites such as http://worldleaderproposal.com/ and http://interactivedemocracy.blogspot.com.au/ are just a few of the new wave of direct/interactive democracy websites where people can go and have a say in how they think the direction the world should take. Posted by ShaunBow, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 5:11:30 PM
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Shaun,
You do understand that democracy is mob rule ,right? Democracy in action is Facebook death threats against Yumi Stynes and George Negus to effect "change", mob rule accompanies every technological "Great Leap Forward". Posted by Jay Of Melbourne, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 7:55:34 PM
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Hi Jay,
So what system of government do you think is fair? Is it a form of democracy, or not democracy at all? If not democracy, I am eager to hear what you favour? Posted by ShaunBow, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 9:02:57 PM
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Back to communism where everyone is equally poor. There's the justice.