[lbo-talk] A Changing Continent

[Michael Dawson]

> Joseph Wanzala posted:
> 
> > Yes, Africa is a land of wars, poverty and corruption. The situation in
> > places like Darfur, Sudan, desperately cries out for more media
> attention
> > and international action. But Africa is also a land of stock markets,
> high
> > rises, Internet cafes and a growing middle class. This is the part of
> Africa
> > that functions. And this Africa also needs media attention, if it's to
> have
> > any chance of fully joining the global economy.
> 
> Yes, I agree. But how many marxists notice anything except malnutrition
> and disease in the developing  world?
> 
> Ulhas

Two points:

1. So, you two think publicizing the upwardly mobile in Africa and India
will lead to those places "fully joining the global economy," which I
presume to be your way of saying "getting rich like the G-7."  Fascinating,
at several levels.

2. Hey, Ulhas:  Why do people go to medical school?  That's right:  To solve
problems.  That's why they mostly talk about diseases.  Same thing with
Marxists and pretty much all other scientists.  Ask Jared Diamond.