Comments on: Land of the Little People

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:42:45 +0000

Zach, so these people decided on their own to create their own town, and then decided on their own that they will generate an attraction to bring joy and curiosity to others in exchange for a fee that will help make living conditions better in their community. Why do you have a problem with that? Why don’t you just let people do what they like to do and stop painting it as if they were forced to do it because the evil force of “capitalism.” (The quotes are necessary.) Why don’t you GO AND ASK THEM about it; I’m sure they’ll tell you that they’re just having a good time and you need to go do something productive.

By: Tomer Guez

Tomer Guez — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:59:00 +0000

> Zed: Turn your spell/grammar check on
> now.

And for this there is Spell Check Anywhere (SpellCheckAnywhere.Com). It adds spell check to all programs, and comes with an optional grammar check.

By: Seph

Seph — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:00:21 +0000

\The Chinese government adopted capitalism in everything but name years ago. Way to go with the having no clue how the most populous country in the world is run, kids.\

I’m in the USA from China. China is not capitalist, kid.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:32:03 +0000

Boo. I’m short, but apparently I’m six inches too tall to live there. :(
Anyway, good for them, I guess. It’d be disgusting if they’d been coerced by the government into the community, but they weren’t; they did it on their own accord.
It’s doubtful a simple amusement park will earn them enough to sustain a community, so they will likely start up businesses and begin producing things.
I’m going to have to remember to look up how they’re doing from time to time, as this is pretty interesting to me.

By: Eva

Eva — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:59:25 +0000

IT ISN’T FAIR I want to live in little people land too!

By: David

David — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:08:06 +0000

Does this remind anyone else of the last half of El Topo?

By: Paige

Paige — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:50:56 +0000

\Thatâ€™s just the thing about capitalism. It offers the illusion of freedom, but those without money are still at the mercy of those with money. Little Person Land is just a really crass demonstration of how beholden working people are to the system.\

So wait; commune living without money is impossible?! Stop the presses! I think socialism may not be feasible!

By: Landon

Landon — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:46:24 +0000

He’s right about what? I don’t think that was his point.

By: Wake up, people!

Wake up, people! — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:54:41 +0000

Zach is right. The Chinese communicapitalist system has out done just about every other country on the planet. Don’t think a communist government can co-exist with a capitalist ecomomy? Next time you go the store, try finding 10 items that were not manufacured in China, then try to find 10 items that were manufactured in the U.S. Good luck with that.

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:42:49 +0000

People are going to stare at them no matter what they do, so charging money for the stares is genius. It’s not all that different from the Native American casinos here in the States. They put a totem pole in the parking lot and N. A. themed decorations inside because they know it will attract more tourists who are really ignorant of the culture they think they are experiencing.

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