17 October, 2006

Evil Paradises: The Dreamworlds of Neo-Liberalism

Chapter One: Dubai, as published this month in the New Left Review.
Posted by John B. Chilton at 12:10 am

5 comments:

nzm said...

ROTFLMAO at this line: The lodestone of Dubai, of course, is ‘peak oil’ and each time you spend $50 to fill your tank, you are helping to irrigate al-Maktoum’s oasis.

And I had to read at least 3/4 down the page before I read David Beckham's name - that's an improvement!

The most sobering part is the text below the heading An indentured, invisible majority

That's when it started to get more realistic. I guess that the structure of the article is a lot like reality - the glitz and glamour is at the top on the surface, but the grime and truth lies beneath.

An interesting read, John.

17 October, 2006 01:46
marwan said...
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17 October, 2006 06:09
marwan said...

A brilliant - if depressing read.

I didn't see any notes on the catastrophic inflation rise which has eviscerated the middle and lower classes - I guess that when we're talking this sort of money, our rents mean sweet bugger all.

I hope Mo doesn't mind me appending to your beloved aphorism -
"Anyone who does not attempt to change the future will stay a captive of the past - and their future will surely be helped by being born upon on a giant fucking pool of oil, about which they will proceed to talk endless cock for fifty years about how they deserved it somehow."

17 October, 2006 08:08
Woke said...

Very interesting indeed.

Dubai’s burgeoning black economy is its insurance policy against the car-bombers and airplane hijackers.

Emphatic, but not far from the truth.

17 October, 2006 09:11
Anonymous said...

why not?

17 October, 2006 10:30

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