George Monibot, writing in the Guardian, expounds on one of the reasons why the rulers (politicians/ plutocrats) seem to make decisions almost entirely disconnected with the reality of the vast majority of who they rule. When the rich are born to rule, the results can be fatal. It has some interesting observations of the the impacts that elite private / boarding schools have on the impressionable young minds going through the system.
Tag: Exploitation
Development? Or Displacement? [Article]
What does development mean, really? For the very poor in every nation? Around the world, development essentially has been anything but good for those whose lands have been taken for ‘construction’. A recent example from Liberia, whose landless people have a lesson for visiting world leaders.