Harry Pollard wrote: > I know and they know and in a moment you will know that no > commercial firm would dream of growing anything in the > rainforest. This because the forest mostly grows above ground. > The tree roots are shallow (which is why they can be pulled down > with two tractors and a chain.
So where do the corporations grow the soy -- up in the air? Guess what -- they don't care if the soil is only fertile for a few years -- they simply move on to the next patch after that. That's why they consume so much area of rainforest. The greedies only think in the short term, and in that, this soil is VERY fertile. > The cattle weren't in the rainforest but in the enormous area of > privately owned land away from the forest. ...which WAS rainforest a few years ago... > You are supposed to be a socialist but you have little to say > about the expropriation of the peasant from the soil - as Marx > would say. Giving the land to big corporations has a lot to do with expropriation of the peasants. > Instead you make silly little quips about McDonalds. ...while you're only being consistent as a free-trader to defend the McFatcats. > I fear propaganda removes good thinking from the discussion. But > perhaps that is all that can be expected from a callow youth. A callow youth can be fixed (matured), but old age without wisdom can't. Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
