Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961215181249.8770G-100000@dante> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 18:19:24 -0700 From: "J.C. WANDEMBERG" <mailto:juwandem@NMSU.EDU> Subject: Good Questions in need of GOOD answers To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Yvonne Sobers wrote: ..> > 2. History. Whose history? Written by whom and with whose viewpoint and biases?
>
> 3. Former colony. Where are these former colonies? Countries at any time
> overrun by ancient Egypt? By ancient Rome or Greece? By the Moors of Africa?
> By empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Benin, Kongo, the Ashanti, the Zulu,
> Turkey, Austria, Britain, the Soviets?
>
> 4. Third world. What are the criteria by which a country qualifies? Care for
> the young and the elderly? Levels of crime, violence, homelessness, criminal
> gang activity, drug sales and addiction? Use, sales, and availability of
> weapons of war? Capacity and willingness to manipulate or attack weaker
> nations? Capacity to resolve internal conflicts related to race, religion,
> ethnic origin? Levels of literacy and analytical skills for those at the
> lowest levels? Access to consumer goods?
>
> 6. Developed countries in the first world. Who qualifies? On what basis? Who
> set the criteria? How did these countries get to be termed "developed"? What
> do they have to do to remain "developed"? How much does their development
> cost those that are termed "third world"?
These a pretty good questions which clearly cannot be answered *rightfully* unless we change the governing socio-economic paradigm.
Today's need for a socio-economic paradigm shift is greater than yesterday's but it's surely less than tomorrow's.
Best regards,
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