Crisis In Detroit

To be told you no longer have a job, a decrease in your pay, lack of public transportation, or no insurance coverage is never something we wish to see in our dreams but this is the nightmare depicted in Detropia. As the city’s “population increased at a fast rate” (10, 3), due to the auto industry, Detroit was the city to be in since much was growing, but things eventually changed. Detroit went bankrupt and downsizing was heavily implemented as a means for recovery. Street lights were cut, leaving people in the dark and room for crime and fear to grow. Bus lines were no longer in use and this led to people with no way to work or the possibility to find work. Due to the loss of population by 50% in a mere 50 years the city was left with many …show more content…
Those who were in real estate using the buyers to profit, selling loans without a full disclosure, and suggesting that buyers would be fully covered by their insurance left people in the dark. All of this put together led to the crash and 196 trillion dollars in debt. People were taken advantage of due to their ignorance. As long as someone was profiting the potential risk of another life did not even matter. Since various companies were able to get off of the hook by paying fines, the people who were affected by this were left without a sense of justice. These companies had enough money to avoid a judge, which shows the very issue that the stratification of wealth can have in the face of the law.
In the two films, Detropia and Plunder, the audience is given insight to the negative impacts that the economy and politics have had on the common citizens of America. Detropia shows the decay of jobs, homes and population while Plunder gives us a tour behind the real estate schemes of 2008. In both unfortunate circumstances the results are both the same, Americans without a safe place to turn, feeling trapped by the failure of our government. Although this may not have been entirely true, it is the way that it was perceived which gives it