Journalists and the Public Square with David Simon

[televisionsux]

After reading all 7 of these comments, it's interesting to note that all the peeps writing here said absolutely nothing about writing or journalism.

One year almost to the,day after this timely talk, David Simon has correctly foreseen what is happening now more than ever to newspapers and journalism.

All the above comments are about capitalism. What about the people? The people, who in Simon's words are becoming WORTH-less.

This is more true now than it was 1 year ago.

[Wobbothe3rd]

The drug trade? The death of low-skilled labor? The lack of affordable housing? The ubiquity of weapons of deadly force?

You really think these are problems of *too much* government? Really? I can't imagine how much more capitalistic and lassaiez faire our inner cities can possibly become, but I'm sure that if things became any more "libertarian" these issues would not get solved.

The Wire and the story it told gave the lie to the idea that market economics produces the best in humanity.

[CsquaredP78]

The key is balance, globalization of industry and the outsourcing of labor as facilitated by the trade policies of government do away with labor, they don't kill it. It not politics it's policies

Get away from the labels, in order to invoke them you'd have to define them. Lastly, balanced markets do sustain more humane environment's, it's not like you can just snap your fingers and educate all the labor from the factory that was moved to another country and voila' now they can find a job.

[utubesucks2003]

I got chills when he started talking about Paths Of Glory, I couldn't agree more about everything he says.

[nativio]

That is kind of a simple view of capitalism. I think Simon mostly has a problem with unregulated capitalism that does not work alongside a social contract with those who either were or are instrumental in creating wealth in the lower levels of the food chain.

[CsquaredP78]

he's not lecturing on Capitalism. you missed the mark on this, he comments on his views of the direction of public policies and the unbalanced Capitalistic market is leaving the working man behind down a creek without a paddle.

[nativio]

Isn't that what I said, kinda? Unbalanced due to lack of a social contract. Lack of a social contract + unregulated(direction of public policies) ends up leaving the working man up a poop creek with no paddle.

Been a long time since I wrote this, but I think at the time, my 'That is a kind of simple view of capitalism' was in response to another comment leaver.

[davyjames]

I find it strange that simon loves to talk about the evils of capitalism... yet all the problems of the wire are problems of goverment intervention, be it the incopetent stat games of the police force, the rediculous 'public' schools or the corrupt politicans. It's all a result of too much goverment, not enough freedom. But every time I hear simon talk he's moaning about capitalism. Capitalism is just the freedom to produce and own what you produce. Just like how he produced The Wire.