Someone has been to Detroit once and uses it for the bases of an insightful discussion, thinking they know the world. Detroit was depressing you say? You saw what you wanted, that simple. Fact is you could have learned a lot about the world while you were here. You may never visit a more worldly city in your life. Reality is a weird thing to those outside of it.
Detroit is full of the most determined people I have ever met.
As for unions if you think they ruined or could save Detroit or anyplace I would ask you to look a little deeper. How about greed, racism, capitalism, and classism? Does anybody realize that it is not business as usual? You want an ergonomic chair? What?????
It seems that on the one hand people like to address a broken system and define it by all their wants but then perpetuate its very existence. Opportunity is not a gift for every child born into this world.
Poverty creates wealth. Wealth depends on poverty.
As designers of our future cityscapes, social landscapes, and environmental solutions I ask you to dig a little deeper. Come up with real change! Thoughtful, insightful, and visionary change. I work towards these goals not for a big ergonomic chair but because I know it is worth it……… Union or no union.
