> “impoverishment, slums,” “open landfills, over-burdened sewers,” and a “growing mass of unemployed.” ... “Growth will magnify the increasing separation betwe

> “impoverishment, slums,” “open landfills, over-burdened sewers,” and a “growing mass of unemployed.” ... “Growth will magnify the increasing separation between rich and poor,” I like that those facts are presented as sort of acts of God. I understand it is a video made for the military who is not supposed to ask questions of "why are there slums" or "how come there is such a divide between rich and poor" despite all this amazing technological progress. On the political side, it is funny to imagine an honest US Army Pentagon video: "So years ago we really screwed up and supported this brutal dictator who murdered hundreds of thousands of its people. And now the whole region hates and considers us the Great Satan. You'll have to go in there and deal with it". Or maybe the camera pans down to the sewer and a voicer-over starts: "20 years ago the CIA overthrew the democratically elected president and installed one who is friendly to US corporations. One of those corporations (say Bechtel) privatized the water and sewage management. This resulted in people getting sick, dying, unable to afford clean water. Everyone is angry at us but you'll have to go in and extract this and that group of people from the embassy, Good luck"