unless you move to a BRIC country.

ironically i got hired yesterday as a delivery driver at dominoes. glad my newfound college degree is really elevating me to higherp laces. on  the otherhand sellin weed would be ez as a delivery driver 8-)

which country do you live in?

what I meant was that it's interesting how bric countries are set to undergo radical transitions in the coming decades that will impact western countries. the main reason why they're currently experiencing so much economic growth is because it's easier to exploit (mostly poor and unskilled) laborers there, but at the same time more and more people are gaining access to educational facilities. then there's the fact that cultural barriers, such as women joining the workforce, will make a big difference in the long run if they can be overcome.

right now it's mostly unskilled labor that's being exported to these countries, but that will change as they become more developed. which isn't good for westerners, since it means the level of education you need to have to be able to easily find work will rise.

ps given that this is a dietcoke help topic, maybe he can answer this question for me.

what on earth is going on in thailand right now? I'm getting conflicting information about the government crackdown on the red shirt movement. you've probably seen the debate on today's Democracy Now, and it's interesting how Philip Cunningham notes that the media that's being propagated by the movement seems to resemble fake grassroots while on the other hand people are fighting against an undemocratic election and are being shot in the streets. while both he and Ungpakorn agreed that the government has to immediately stop their use of violence, I'm in doubt as to what I should believe (though Cunningham's claim is one that's very hard for someone like me to verify, especially because I'm not familiar with the usual level of rhetoric in thailand).

the reason why I went and wrote this is because I just saw the most horrifying video (not going to link to it) of a red shirt getting shot by a sniper. it's absolutely crazy and it's difficult for me to get a grip on this.

the use of fake grassroots for a power struggle is not an impossible scenario by far, especially in a politically unstable country such as thailand, but it seems so absurd to me that such a large number of people are dying in the street for this.

I don't want dietcoke to talk about proletariat and armchair feminism