Week 10 Blog post

This week I posted on Shmuel Nosrati's blog:

David Harvey's article on neo-liberalism sparked my interest in patterns (including the occupy movement) that have been recurring but each individually hold that they are the beginning of a revolution. I really enjoyed your perspective on this issue and liked to partner it with Harveys word's where Bush jr. sold neo-liberalism in the package of 'a peaceful world of growing freedom' and most pointedly 'serves American long-term interests, reflects enduring ideals and unites Americas allies' I am to believe; only allies to "freedom" and somewhere a cowboy holds his hat over his heart and sheds a tear.
This structural propaganda has seemed to instill itself in every part of our policymakers psyche to the point that the suburbs are now the main holders of any neo-liberal city's industrial tax base. I grew up in Honolulu Hawaii and what is true for most suburbs in America seems to be true of Honolulu as well. Honolulu's governing district is technically spread over the entire island of O'ahu however, the suburbs I am referencing are known as a different district altogether known as Kailua. Here there is an incredible concentration of whites (according to simplymaps)
who have comparatively high in terms of the incomes in valley communities like McCully or Kalihi. While public transportation is a readily available commodity in Honolulu, it's very difficult to get around without some sort of auto. The only way to get from Honolulu to Kailua is over a mountain range. There are those who walk it, but then again there are those who walk up the sidewalkless uphill inclines of the Beverly Hills proscenium arches. These architectural models are intended to keep poor people out and are a result of the affluent classes living away from the areas that their tax dollars would conceivably pay for. In essence, one could view the relationship between the poorer parts of Honolulu and Kailua as the result of neoliberal architecture.
It is sad that the design of some cities (like Los Angeles) contribute to growing inequality and furthering segregation and classism. What are we to do after the fact to reconcile these differences? The best idea I've seen so far has been Majora Carter's talk on greening the ghetto. Hopefully more ideas will come that are not limited to the obviously ineffective backlashes of social-welfare movements.