I think the word parklet provides bold symbolism for the "collective
hypnosis" of the middle class, as well as the massive propaganda and
lies which manipulate it. (Hedges, Capitalism is the Crisis, minute 2:00)
It is patently absurd to point at expanded cafe seating and call it a
baby park, a green project, and a neighborhood improvement. This "pilot
project" designed to justify looting the Recreation/Streets budget
through "public private partnerships" is actually measuring the extent
to which people here parrot or resist the "parklet" bullshit!
To accept this parklet lie with "positivity," will demonstrate in the
experiment that the people in this neighborhood are hopeless consumers
and hopelessly hypnotized! Local civic leaders and real estate brokers
can then be used to sing the praises of parklets in the corporate media
machine, while the looting of the treasury can proceed on the fast track!
To me, it's more believable that 2 plus 2 is 5, than to believe that
cafe seating is a baby park! (Moreover, the subsequent discussion of
positivism and negativism on the list, which immediately followed the
obvious disbeliefof the word parklet, symbolizes the entrenched hypnotic
power and allure of "the cult of positive thinking." Ehrenreich, Bright
Sided)
Here is the link to a new and important documentary, Capitalism is the
Crisis. It's an excellent overview of neo-liberal corporate driven
class warfare. The 2nd full documentary, The End of Poverty, gives a
good introduction to classical colonialism and neo-colonialism. (It's
time for people in the neighborhood to come out of the trance and join
the citizens of the world, who are beginning to fight back.)
Those of us who recognized the processes of dependency, propaganda, and
fake charity that were called "revitalization" were not prophets because
we saw 2011 University City back in 1999. We recognized the processes
in the history of colonialism that has been largely forgotten by the
hypnotized and misinformed middle class.
It's time to recognize that we have no rights in Clark Park, the
streets, or parklets. Those formerly public assets are all commodities
that only exist for the power and enrichment of a tiny group of elites,
while the masses are conditioned to accept slavery and helplessness.
http://capitalismisthecrisis.net/watchthefilm.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktOXJr1vOQ
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