This book talks about the social segregation that different Nations started to have since 1980, with the consolidation of the capitalist system, and then free trade treatment. This kind of system has made a serious transformation within societies. To start with, the capitalist system segregates the society in two poles in that there are people who can afford their basical needs and more, and people who can not afford their basical needs, in simple words the “rich” and the “poor”. The tragical thing here is that this capitalist system has been taken as a natural thing, leaving those people separate of the society, since they can not participate if they don’t have the economical status to participate in this consumist system.
Secondly, the effects of this economic polarization it can be seen geografically, because of the communities that are marginalize have a specific territory in the urban cities. Also it can be seen the increase in robbers in marginal communities, this happen because of the lack of opportunities to work that people who live in this communities have. This is a cause of the discrimination existing in this kind of society, that stigmatized people who came form this marginalized area of the city.
Thirdly, the free trade has destroyed the economic life within the differents countries around the world, the small National companies, and the craftwork was destroyed by the bigger industries of massive production.
In addition, in some countries there are racism with some natives communities that inmigrates, such as afroamerican communities in Northamerica, and others countries has racism problems with their own natives communities. Society give them less opportunities to get an important job, so this maintain the segregation within societies.
All in all, the book contains plenty of examples of the circumstances in that live the differents marginated communities, and it gives you a complete analysis of how we get to this type of society, and how affect it.
Well, in my opinion I think that is necessary that exist two points of view in everything, I mean, for example when you know how the darkness is you will recognize the light...in the book it is present the richness and poverty, both are opposites but you cannot separate them, no one exists without the other.... well in conclusion things like that will never disappear at all.
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