The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of de-Development., from the Introduction to the 3rd edition:
New Developments in the Gaza Economy: The Impact of the Blockade
p. xxxvii
[...] Gaza’s Tunnels: Formalizing the Informal Economy and Other Distortions
A critical economic development in the Strip since the second edition of this book was published in 2001 is unquestionably the phenomenal (but short-lived) growth of the “tunnel economy.” Tunnels burrowing under the Gaza-Egypt border have existed since the 1980s, but in the space of a few years they mushroomed from a few dozen to about 500 by the eve of OCL; by 2012, estimates reached as high as 1,100—1,200 tunnels (of which anywhere from 200 to 600 were believed operational)."’ Such growth is a direct consequence of the blockade and has taken place largely at the expense of the formal private sector discussed above. Already by 2008, the World Bank was reporting a redistribution of wealth from the formal private sector toward informal black market operators.” By the end of that year, the massive destruction wrought by Israel’s OCL provided a further push to the tunnel economy, as the massive reconstruction required materials barred entry by the blockade.
In #Australia you cannot walk into a computer store to buy a computer that is does basics of computing.
You **can** buy a glorified #communicationDevice with a keyboard however.
#deDevelopment #deDeveloped #australiaStayOut #stayOutOfAustralia #neoFeudalism #technoFeudalism
@alienghic @jgoerzen @F1RUM
To be clear, we say 'must remain' but is not remained. The entire notion of #computing is being de-developed, and it goes bad to #digitalColonialism and notions of #technoFeudalism we tend to refer to.
DVD and Bluray are things we should demand in our PCs. Full stop.
Today we read that it was the surge of 5000 US personnel to #Afghanistan that actually triggered their people to fear more conflict and thus the refugee panic.
As #JulianAssange said about this conflict in about 2010, "Its just one damn thing after another".
@SlaytheSystem
The middle east was becoming as progressive as the rest, then on Sun Aug 15, 1971 #Nixon said, and we paraphrase, "we don't want to pay our debts that we accrue in #phonyWars (specifically #Vietnam), may the #moneyPrinterGoBrr."
They printed money to pay debts.
It was supposed to be temporary.
Keep this in mind as the "#atrocityStories" come forth from #Afghanistan. These cretins have money to burn in your face, and blow it up your own ass.
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