Societies around the globe are experiencing an overwhelming wave of urban growth; it is this urbanization that allows for the modern world to undergo such an extensive demographic transition as cities become the core of our future. In his best-selling novel, Planet of Slums,
Mike Davis highlights one key obstacle of urban success: the uprise of the informal working class, more commonly known as the slums. Firstly, Davis analyzes how slums have caused four main macroscale shifts between societies in the nineteenth century and those in present day. Aspects of religion, labor, location, and agriculture have all undergone significant changes in the cities because of the influence and role of the slums. Secondly, Davis focuses on neoliberalism’s …show more content…
Memo, a hacker, lives in a destitute village of the future Mexico. The water is stored and regulated under total surveillance and control of the government, putting an end to Memo’s intended, agricultural future. After the military destroys his home and familial ties, Memo flees to the slums of Tijuana, Mexico, which holds the unfathomable truth of modern society. With the guidance of a local, Luz, a woman who sells her memories to the Internet, Memo accepts a job in which he virtually migrates to build the urban America through the control a machine. The film parallels many of Mike Davis’ beliefs by showing the unstable urban world. Since agriculture is no longer dependable and is incomparable to the urban services, many relocate in hopes of finding a source of income, which denotes the increasing percentage of slum-dwellers in the urban population. In doing so, workers connect themselves to the urban landscape, which gives rise to technological dystopianism and dominates the future as it both connects and oppresses the migrants. The film highlights the dystopian consequences of globalization, such as the privatization of water and role of immigrant labor/informal proletariat in the neoliberal economy. Thus, Sleep Dealer supports Mike Davis’ assertion that urbanization and neoliberalism are creating a destructive and informal
Mike Davis highlights one key obstacle of urban success: the uprise of the informal working class, more commonly known as the slums. Firstly, Davis analyzes how slums have caused four main macroscale shifts between societies in the nineteenth century and those in present day. Aspects of religion, labor, location, and agriculture have all undergone significant changes in the cities because of the influence and role of the slums. Secondly, Davis focuses on neoliberalism’s …show more content…
Memo, a hacker, lives in a destitute village of the future Mexico. The water is stored and regulated under total surveillance and control of the government, putting an end to Memo’s intended, agricultural future. After the military destroys his home and familial ties, Memo flees to the slums of Tijuana, Mexico, which holds the unfathomable truth of modern society. With the guidance of a local, Luz, a woman who sells her memories to the Internet, Memo accepts a job in which he virtually migrates to build the urban America through the control a machine. The film parallels many of Mike Davis’ beliefs by showing the unstable urban world. Since agriculture is no longer dependable and is incomparable to the urban services, many relocate in hopes of finding a source of income, which denotes the increasing percentage of slum-dwellers in the urban population. In doing so, workers connect themselves to the urban landscape, which gives rise to technological dystopianism and dominates the future as it both connects and oppresses the migrants. The film highlights the dystopian consequences of globalization, such as the privatization of water and role of immigrant labor/informal proletariat in the neoliberal economy. Thus, Sleep Dealer supports Mike Davis’ assertion that urbanization and neoliberalism are creating a destructive and informal