The dreams of acquisition alone are insufficient for human sustenance emotionally, intellectually and practically for the simple fact that acquisition does not translate to achievement. Acquisition indeed operates only with economics as context, acknowledging process primarily as product.
Hence, the dreams of a third world are forever doomed to be bound by its economy, having only been actualized by acquisition, not achievement. It is no surprise that the most respected countries are ones strong in local craft or expertise which can be exported. It is also true that these same cultures are in danger of being subverted by the process of organized nation building, the creation of uncontextual environments preened for international consumption.
Environmental ubiquity due to brand consumption is a serious threat to our originality as a species. Product originality has its place in the world just as contextual originality does. Our task is to differentiate between them and realize the specificity of processes within each environment we are visitors to.
Third world dreams are filled with expectancy, an excitement of things to come. It is, in fact, the ability to dream which differentiates life from mere existence; it is what gives meaning to the fact of life. However, it is in the dreaming that we succeed or fail in coming to terms with that basic truth of being alive, for this truth transcends religion, politics, society and above all, the dogma of economics.
This truth is non negotiable because it surrounds our existence as context.