Video Depicts Life in the World's Tallest Slum in Caracas, Venezuela

[theworldismine13]

http://inhabitat.com/new-vocativ-video-depicts-worlds-tallest-slum-in-caracas-venezuela/

The video begins at the foot of the soaring 45-story structure that has no elevators. It goes along the route taken daily by 750 families to reach their homes. The inhabitants use improvised taxi motorbikes to navigate the huge development and reach the ground floor. Concrete slabs, ramps and stairs make up a skeleton that provides shelter from the elements. The tenants installed an infrastructural grid of their own- a communal electric grid, an aqueduct water system, TV-wiring and lighting.

The video portrays La Torre de David in a different light than that cast by some Venezuelan politicians, who call it a crime and drug-fueled community that has to be dismantled. Several families claim that they have never experienced any violence while living in the tower. People have forged close ties to each other and there is a sense of community, bound by the fact that the inhabitants helped create what they now call home. The video doesn’t offer a definite conclusion or point of view but presents the tower for what it is, without demonizing it.


Read more: New Vocativ Video Depicts World's Tallest Slum in Caracas, Venezuela | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Socialism Viva la revolucion!

 

[babylon1]

you still have not learned what socialism is. i thought you said you were going to hit the books

 

[theworldismine13]

you still have not learned what socialism is. i thought you said you were going to hit the books

 

[88m3]

Socialism Viva la revolucion!

has nothing to do with socialism...

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Wow crazy and very dope clip..... I swear I cant wait to start doing little films like this! Just crazy man

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

I struggle against the bourgeoisie for they control the means of production...

 

[88m3]

I struggle against the bourgeoisie for they control the means of production...

try the single pot method

 

[Leasy]

This is terrible.

 

[newarkhiphop]

 

[theworldismine13]

what is the point of this? public housing is more evidence of socialism gone wrong

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Shiits a real life version of "The Raid."


Yikes.


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[Master Teacher]

goddamn this straight out of Judge Dredd

 

[newarkhiphop]

what is the point of this? public housing is more evidence of socialism gone wrong

Chicago, Illinois is a socialist country/state?

 

[theworldismine13]

Chicago, Illinois is a socialist country/state?

no, public housing is socialist