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| Lira |
Thanks! :stongue:
Now, how come we score so poorly at this Gini thing if our HDI is high? (0.8 is high according to the UN, don't tell me otherwise! :p). What's wrong with us? We need a mezzirian analysis here...
edit: Oh, the data they used is from a survey taken 10 years ago. Brazil changed quite a lot in this period, I guess. |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Thanks! :stongue:
Now, how come we score so poorly at this Gini thing if our HDI is high? (0.8 is high according to the UN, don't tell me otherwise! :p). What's wrong with us? We need a mezzirian analysis here...
edit: Oh, the data they used is from a survey taken 10 years ago. Brazil changed quite a lot in this period, I guess. |
Well for starters I can understand it in relation to other countries who share similar HDI scores with you (Kazakhstan, Panama, Venezuela), and it really boils down in my opinion to the fact that you guys compare yourself to nations like the US, Canada, the UK, france germany etc. all those are in the top 25 (you're ranked #70). additionally, its regional. the lowest HDI score in the americas is Haiti with a .529, and the 10th worst has a .755.
then take africa, the fourth ranked nation in africa has a .766. their 4th best is roughly equivalent to our 10th worst. their bottom 10 are in the .336-.411 range, waaaaaaaay below you guys in brazil.
oh and also the HDI doesn't account for the Gini coefficient, they just care about life expectancy, literacy rate, enrollment ratio, and GDP/PPP. so those few rich bastards are in fact bringing your HDI score up :) |
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| Lira |
Oh, I think I get it now.
DOWN WITH THE BOURGEOISIE!!!! :mad: :p |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Oh, I think I get it now.
DOWN WITH THE BOURGEOISIE!!!! :mad: :p |
now you're getting it!
and woo paper done!
also one thing i just though of, have you read this?
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
now you're getting it!
and woo paper done!
also one thing i just though of, have you read this?
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No. What is it about?
I read a lot about linguistics and philosophy... and then there's the occasional book on something that ends with -ology (Anthropology/Psychology/Sociology). But, other than that, nothing :( |
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| mezzir |
brief from amazon.com:
| quote: | | The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. |
one of those works, that years after it was first written, seems hauntingly relevant |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
brief from amazon.com:
one of those works, that years after it was first written, seems hauntingly relevant |
Looks interesting... I'll see whether I can borrow it tomorrow from the library :) |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Looks interesting... I'll see whether I can borrow it tomorrow from the library :) |
yeah i was about to add any good library should have it :p |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
yeah i was about to add any good library should have it :p |
Do you even remember what this thread was originally about?
I like this new topic better... can we rename the thread to "Spectacle5 hates all societies" or something of that sort? Kthxbye |
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| mezzir |
haha i am teh hijack king!
edit: hey, you're a mod, you change it! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
haha i am teh hijack king!
edit: hey, you're a mod, you change it! |
I can't, I'm not a mod here :(
So, have you read Das Kapital as well? I'm thinking of buying "Road to Serfdom", which is kind on this topic too... have you ever read it? |
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| mezzir |
nah neither :/
i'm generally not much of a reader to be honest, that book jsut definitely grabbed me |
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