Yes but is that a reason to wear them? To take an very extreme example
wearing a black armband and swastika in 1930s Germany also
likely conveyed status and power on the wearer. But it also said
something about the wearer - one of 2 things, either they were
cowed by the system and wore it because they had to, or they
really supported the system then. Few rebelled (dared to rebel),
some Jews, pacifists, Jehovahs Witnesses, and I guess a few
other groups I don't know about but apologise for their omission,
did not go along with the system.
Of course 1930s Germany is extreme - the penalty for not going
along was a rather nasty death. Although capitalism can be
blamed albeit rather indirecly, for killing millions, thru effects of
poverty, malnutrition, disease, also overeating etc in the Western
world.
Like most powerful systems of their kind, Nazism then and
Globalised capitalism today have a few things in common,
1) their possibly fatal effects on non-cooperators
2) power to the cooperator, likely wealth too
3) However hope too as they contain theseeds of theior own
demise. With the nazis it was the aim to take on the rest of the
world militarily. Glob Capitalism also takes on the vast majority of
the world in that i impoverishes them, whilst concentrating wealth
ever more regressively. In 1939 we had to wait ca. 4 years for them
to overreach themselves, and another 2 to finish the job; I give G
cap a few years or decades and if wealth is not redistributed again,
it may have just to many enemies for its survival too. Meanwhile I
hope to avoid wearing its uniform.
On 20 Feb 01, at 13:23, Steven Cummins wrote:
> Yep suits do convey status and power on the wearer..perhaps
> thats the reason why no-one takes any notice of critical
> geographers. Get yersel' down to Savile Row now.....
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