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RE: When Both Sides Work Together to Control Society: A Review of Snowpiercer (PIII)
I totally agree with the opening argument and also agree that a lot of effort goes into maintaining social structures while pretending to be alleviating poverty in the lower classes.
I've always thought class movement is relatively easy in the US compared to African countries. Maybe I need to reconsider that.
And about overpopulation, I think the 21st century economy is why the world feels overpopulated, it is urban centric while rural areas world wide are sparsely populated, that's what I think about it but it's also true that the world's population has grown a lot in the last 10,000 years.
I am not familiar with the class structure in Africa. I am certainly open to the possibility that this issue is more challenging in Africa, but I think the notion that wealth disparity is non-existent in America and that everyone has an equal chance is completely false or misguided. That's often what the media portrays and what the upper class loves to believe, so I can see how people come to that conclusion, but its not true by any means. Wealth disparity is extremely high in the U.S. because most of the wealth is concentrated among a few individuals/families. Wealth disparity is basically a natural by product of predatory capitalism.
You make good points about urbanization in comparison to rural areas.
I agree with this.