Deforce

What I learned from the movie Deforce


Detroit was the most industrious city in the world during the 1950s. When New York had to be bailed out Detroit had more jobs than it knew what to do with. And these jobs were good, thanks to henry fords livable wage model, workers could become part os the middle class by simply working on the assembly line. When Detroit started to decline in population was after the 1960's race riots. Jobs were moving south or even internationally and Detroit had little natural beauty like LA or New York. A class war began after the race riots between the wealthy white suburbs and the low income black city. Anyone with money moved out, leaving the city to low income individuals. The low income and mass unemployment in Detroit was the perfect breading ground for drug dealing. Drugs became a large part of the underground Detroit economy but violence also came with it. Decent people who just wanted to make a living honestly had fewer opportunities and incentives to stay in the city as crime increased. As time went on city resources decreased and taxes increased, leaving the already low income area to a path of self destruction. The time finally came in 2013 when the city of Detroit caught up to the amount of dept it had created and declared bank bankruptcy.