The world has changed over the past fifty years. There are different names for this change — neoliberalism, postmodernism, postfordism, globalization. The term i prefer to use is “neocolonialism”. But despite this clear reference to one specific thing — colonialism, the relationship between oppressor and oppressed nations, which i would
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Kersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Neocolonialism and Noise
this image comes from an article in the mcgill daily dealing with some of the issues discussed here, but from the opposite direction, and drawing very different conclusions The world has changed over the past fifty years. There are different names for this change — neoliberalism, postmodernism, postfordism, globalization.
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Grandstanding
grand·stand??ran(d)?stand/ verb derogatorygerund or present participle: grandstandingseek to attract applause or favorable attention from spectators or the media.“they accused him of political grandstanding” Just saying: i think there is a connection between neocolonialism as the current phase of global relations, and grandstanding as a personal practice within the multicultural middle class.
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