Modern Technology

[mglosup]

On 12 Dec 96 at 8:56, Craig Clark wrote:

 
> The people of the developing world are under enormous pressure to 
> become consumers of foreign commodities. Last night watching the
> Toob I saw not one but two adverts for US-manufactured basketball-
> related merchandise. And I thought, Basketball? When did basketball
> become a big thing in South Africa? So maybe a lot of SA kids want 
> this kind of stuff, but they're being made to want it by the owners 
> of the means of production and the owners of the mass media.
 
The profits from these "US-manufactured" goods are surely flowing to 
American investors, but the actual production is probably carried out 
by a US hemispheric client being structurally adjusted.  One of the 
priceless episodes of America's ongoing Haiti saga was the crises 
caused by the recent embargo for Major League baseball who couldn't 
import their balls until they were granted a special dispensation.


Michael Glosup