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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Dispatches from Libertopia: Dubai's Galtish Gulch in the Clutch

Neoliberals wrong about everything yet again? That's unpossible!

What Digby said: Trouble in Wingnut Paradise

For context, what Mike Davis said years ago: Fear and Money in Dubai

1 comment:

jimf said...

> http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/trouble-in-wingnut-paradise-by-digby.html
>
> "Think Dubai, free and rich."
>
> Why did all these right wingers back the idea. . .?
>
> I think it is their fantasy of a perfect nation. . .
> It is, after all, more ersatz than Vegas. . . ---
> it's basically a shopping mall with extremely
> high-end fixtures.

Can a whole country be uploaded to Second Life?