[lbo-talk] South Ossetia

Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Tue Aug 12 06:31:55 PDT 2008



>>> "B."
Anyone seen the documentary _Power Trip_ (besides me)?

The 2003 film is about an American energy company's (AES Corp.) attempts to privatize Georgia's electric grid, and the difficulty they encounter in trying to convince folks that they should individually pay for electricity. The people generally won't have it and are quite ingenious in their means to bypass the gatekeeper role in which AES Corp. tries to situate itself. 90% of the documentary is set in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and it provides a stark & vivid account of daily life there, the culture, etc. The American company's officers assume a role no better than debt collectors and hire locals to try to convince the "customers" to pay. There is something ike a 90% non-compliance rate in payment for electricity.

^^^^ CB: Sounds like evidence that they still have socialism at the grassroots there, that the people have socialist consciousness ! All power to the Soviets !

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