Just like the dot-commers she criticizes, she fails to understand the real issues. It's not about who can claim to be ideologically spotless. The fundamental issue is about people's respect for and relationships with their communities.
Some people enrich the communities in which they live, others merely enrich themselves.
The realities are complex and defy economic stereotyping. Employees of dot-coms are just the most visible target for lazy scapegoating. I came into this position to work on an educational project, and the large majority of the work I have done here thus far has been in a similar vein. I do not feel I was fairly represented. In addressing the larger issue, the dot-com invasion, I believe the author overlooked a couple of salient points.