Life and Debt is a film regarding the life in the country of Jamaica. The majority of the film discusses how urbanization has hit the communities of Jamaica, as well as how the government is striving to stay afloat in an ever increasing demand for capitalist goods.
There is demands for goods to be produced at the cheapest price possible to the manufacturer, however is this a living wage for the workers of that good? We begin to see how with urbanization there become a shift towards goods being produced elsewhere. Suddenly even basic needs such as food are being shipped from other parts of the state, country, or even internationally. This system can cause struggling countries, like Jamaica, to become trapped in a financial crisis. Where an economy is poor therefore workers begin to take any job available. Many of these jobs turning out to be underpaid and highly dangerous. However, if no job is taken no money can be made to survive. And without rights given to many workers the companies demanding the product keep tight regulations on the benefits, if any, given to the workers.
Urbanization blinds those directly in the system, we begin to not question aspects of our society. The system allows for outsourcing to be highly valued while not discussing where the outsourcing is being taken place or under what conditions it is occurring.
Posted by Siera Miller
Posted by Siera Miller
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