Karlin said:
Said1 said -
"as an aside it would appear Chavez has plans for farming and plantations to be run by the indigenous people he gave land title back too. I hope we don't see another Rondonia. "
Hey, its just a distraction to stick that in there isn't it? You do the work of the Elites without knowing it - just use their tactics and things go downhill from there.
Distraction is a favorite tactic of the Reptile Elites, here it is a distraction from the question
" Is Chavez benevolent or not? ".
Nothing he has done so far would suggest otherwise.
He has been good for the people, he is reforming, and sure, he is taking it to the Americans, and thats is THE ONLY PLACE CRITICS ARE COMING FROM. And USA media is only reporting the opposition and not the good stuff - so it is the USA who is looking like the bad guys here.
and we get baited into "whats Rondonia?" or accused of not reading his side of the issue. Ok, whats Rondonia?
What tactics....what work?
Anyway, Rondonia was part of a "rural developoment" plan to rid Rio de Jenaro (sp??) of it's slum dwellers. They were given land in the jungle for farming and ranching, which of course failed, and in turn created rural slums. I'm sure you can imagine the negative effects this had on the native people living in the area.
As I have already stated, I''m not familiar with the topogrpahy of the areas where land titles were returned to certain indigenous peoples. Farming and banana plantaions may be a profitable venture for the native people, it may not be, I don't really know at this point......that's why I said I "hope" it's not another Rondonia.
"But Chavez isn't draining his slums, he's giving the natives tractors!" you say.
I know, I'm hoping that switching from traditional agriculture methods that have maintained the areas natural ecosystems for long periods of time will not have the same results as it did in Brazil.
The Balanese government did something similar with rice production, replacing traditional methods based on Hindu water temple systems. The outcome was terrible and they wound up returning to tradtional methods of rice cultivation. New production methods were not
sustainable in the long run.
I know it's off topic, that's why I added it as an aside.....kay?
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