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HiPointDem

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1. kr. it's how the british impoverished india and china in the first place. david harvey says the
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:40 AM
Nov 2012

crises of capitalism are never solved, just moved around, e.g. neighborhood x, former ghetto, is now gentrified, but the ghetto still exists, just in another location. applies to the city, the state, the nation and the globe.

i've been toying with the ramifications of this idea for a long time, basically that capital makes money from instability, by shifting 'the crisis' -- making money on 'developing' one area while 'undeveloping' another simultaneously.

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