This week I went to Downtown Santa Monica. I wanted to look at this part of Los Angeles as a Neo-liberal city, just like in David Harvey's readings and in our class lectures. Walking through this area, it reminded me of different liberal theorist who talk about how the city is a place for the elite taking advantage of the working class. In the class lectures we talked about how entertainment areas were a way of keeping the working class happy. The proletariat, try and get their workers to work as much as possible in order to get as much production as they can get. In order to do this you need to also give the workers something to look forward too. In this case we have the Pier in Downtown Santa Monica, that has carnival rides and games. There is also shopping, which not only pleases the working class, but also contributes to the proletariat and their earnings. The more people buy goods, the more money the proletariat make, and the more workers will be working to make these goods.
This all contributes to this Neo-liberal world.
Stores for people to shop and help contribute to capitalism.
Mix of different races and classes, spending their time in Downtown Santa Monica.
A store display, trying to attract costumers to shop inside the store.
Hotel on Ocean Dr. to accommodate people from further locations.
Business building, where workers will work the proletariat.
Lastly some more stores for consumers to consume more products.
