Milagro Beanfield War
Water: The Source of Life
Does the world really need another golf course? Multi million dollar Corporations and booming industries have taken over the simplicity of small communities and businesses.
Throughout time the importance of traditional values and morality have dwindled dramatically, creating an industry with its focus on shortterm gain and material benefit (VanOverbeke). The goal of global commercialization of everything and everybody has created devastating effects on the environment and developing countries around the world (VanOverbeke). One of the most well known cases of privatization occurred in Bolivia and shares striking comparisons to the movie Milagro Beanfield War.
Both of these scenarios display the theory of Ostrum taking place in the small communities while …show more content…
As seen in the movie Milagro Beanfield War and the events that took place in the water privatization protests in Bolivia, By destroying a sense of community we are doomed to experience the tragedy of the commons.
Although it may seem as if the plot of the movie Milagro Beanfield War is based off the events that took place during the privatization of water in Bolivia, to many people’s surprise the movie was made 11 years prior to when the water privatization began. In the fairy tale of Milagro Beanfield War,
Ladd Devine the very wealthy owner of a posh development and controller of local water rights, is planning to build a brand new resort. The only only problem is the location of this development is right on top of the small hispanic town of Milagro. At first the people of Milagro are fooled into believing this
development will bring them prosperity through the new available jobs unaware that their community will eventually be displaced.
Similar to this, the private water industry, dominated by a handful of multinational corporations is the “Ladd Devine” of Bolivia. These corporations abused their power over the water source in …show more content…
Quite often, water prices increase and quality decreases due to privatization (Water Privatization).
In both scenarios the government does nothing to protect its people, its the perseverance of the communities that brings them to justice.The main character and hero of Milagro Beanfield war, Joe
Mondragon, protests this development by providing “free” water to his bean field and exposing his community to the ugly truth of this development. Enraged at possibility that there will be no development, the governor sent out a team to beat up Joe. The government in Bolivia was just as evil.
During peaceful protests, police officers arrested activists, killed protesters, and censored media
(VanOverbeke). In both cases the determination of the people made them victorious. Joe Mondragon and his community fought off the development and the people of Bolivia had their water rights restored and both lived happily ever after.
The theories of Hardin and Ostrom are demonstrated through the communities and the corporations in both of these scenarios. The communities demonstrate the theories of Ostrom.
Does the world really need another golf course? Multi million dollar Corporations and booming industries have taken over the simplicity of small communities and businesses.
Throughout time the importance of traditional values and morality have dwindled dramatically, creating an industry with its focus on shortterm gain and material benefit (VanOverbeke). The goal of global commercialization of everything and everybody has created devastating effects on the environment and developing countries around the world (VanOverbeke). One of the most well known cases of privatization occurred in Bolivia and shares striking comparisons to the movie Milagro Beanfield War.
Both of these scenarios display the theory of Ostrum taking place in the small communities while …show more content…
As seen in the movie Milagro Beanfield War and the events that took place in the water privatization protests in Bolivia, By destroying a sense of community we are doomed to experience the tragedy of the commons.
Although it may seem as if the plot of the movie Milagro Beanfield War is based off the events that took place during the privatization of water in Bolivia, to many people’s surprise the movie was made 11 years prior to when the water privatization began. In the fairy tale of Milagro Beanfield War,
Ladd Devine the very wealthy owner of a posh development and controller of local water rights, is planning to build a brand new resort. The only only problem is the location of this development is right on top of the small hispanic town of Milagro. At first the people of Milagro are fooled into believing this
development will bring them prosperity through the new available jobs unaware that their community will eventually be displaced.
Similar to this, the private water industry, dominated by a handful of multinational corporations is the “Ladd Devine” of Bolivia. These corporations abused their power over the water source in …show more content…
Quite often, water prices increase and quality decreases due to privatization (Water Privatization).
In both scenarios the government does nothing to protect its people, its the perseverance of the communities that brings them to justice.The main character and hero of Milagro Beanfield war, Joe
Mondragon, protests this development by providing “free” water to his bean field and exposing his community to the ugly truth of this development. Enraged at possibility that there will be no development, the governor sent out a team to beat up Joe. The government in Bolivia was just as evil.
During peaceful protests, police officers arrested activists, killed protesters, and censored media
(VanOverbeke). In both cases the determination of the people made them victorious. Joe Mondragon and his community fought off the development and the people of Bolivia had their water rights restored and both lived happily ever after.
The theories of Hardin and Ostrom are demonstrated through the communities and the corporations in both of these scenarios. The communities demonstrate the theories of Ostrom.