I'm having a hard time taking the protesters seriously in this case.
Okay, here is my general impression of the protests from two sides:
Being generous, I would make a few inductive assumptions and say that the protest against G20/Globalization/etc. is more an argument about capitalism than anything else, specifically going against the idea of utilizing developing and third world countries for cheap labor.
But on the same hand, does it not seem that might be a little short-sighted in its goals? It seems that such arguments are promoting a pretty isolationist policy, because, really, is it even possible, let alone feasible, to encourage global cooperation without global trade? Money is a pretty big motivator and while I'm not cynical enough to say that the almighty dollar controls all, I'm not sure that there'll be a lot of interest in two countries "just bein' pals, hangin' out," as it were.
But, on the side of not being generous, I'm having a very hard time trying to see what these protesters are actually against. There are a bunch of crazy greenpeace/PETA/environmental groups, anarchists and freegans and a lot of weirdos. It seems cynical to say that these protests have actually become conventions, but I'm hard-pressed to see what the goal is or how effective they are being.
If anyone has a more insightful explanation, I would very much like to hear it.
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"I think they make a fuss because they can, because it's a gathering that quite properly draws international attention," Ms. Ellsworth said.
Article stale dated May 31, 2009 but it covers pre-planning for Pittsburgh. Vernaltemptress fucked around with this message on 09-27-2009 at 03:28 PM.
How do I know it's wealthy kids? Poor people may dislike capitalism, but they dislike not eating more, so they go to work instead of to the protest.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Why do these people in third world countries TAKE these jobs anyway? Don't they realize that a lifetime of bucolic subsistence farming is just so much more NATURAL?
what they starve to death then? megainflation? wha?
Huh. Maybe there is something to this protesting thing.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
