tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578125528475198742.post7534151249746341296..comments2023-05-11T03:06:59.054-07:00Comments on The Well Run Dry: The High Cost of Living RoomTH in SoChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00483293929968668475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578125528475198742.post-75981795575842625872014-11-19T16:49:13.257-08:002014-11-19T16:49:13.257-08:00One other thing occurs to me, namely that gentrifi...One other thing occurs to me, namely that gentrification is a form of seeking Lebensraum. And gentrification is possible only via economic oppression of the long-term residents of the place that the well-to-do want to gentrify.TH in SoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483293929968668475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578125528475198742.post-26501959067851302032014-11-19T16:45:22.726-08:002014-11-19T16:45:22.726-08:00Hello Aimee. Sorry for the delay in posting your ...Hello Aimee. Sorry for the delay in posting your comment. What I mean by "extermination" is the sort of random killing of dark-skinned or non-Anglo people that almost never gets effectively addressed. Think of Blackwater in Iraq, for instance. What I mean by "living room" is not necessarily a literal claim on real estate, but rather the use of force by a dominant group to enable them to continue to "live large" at the expense of everyone else.<br /><br />Ah, how depressing it has been to have to focus on such things! Hopefully, I'll soon have opportunity to turn my blogging attention to something lighter.TH in SoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483293929968668475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578125528475198742.post-57996352256449332262014-11-18T17:20:22.260-08:002014-11-18T17:20:22.260-08:00Could you expand on what you mean by "exterm...Could you expand on what you mean by "extermination" and "living room?" I assume you don't mean it in a literal sense, that the authorities will kill large numbers of residents of urban St. Louis to make literal space for white/wealthier people to move in. Not that I think that is philosophically impossible - I just don't think the real estate is needed that badly. So I'm guessing that you mean a psychological beat-down of protestors to create a more comfortable psychological environment for the ruling class? A kind of extermination of resistance so that the ruling class can more easily continue to believe in the moral rightness of there stays quo?Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.com