Chris, see below. ********************************* Henry George School of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ********************************* >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss >Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:50 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [Futurework] Long-Distance Journey of a Fast-Food Order > >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 soil is fertilized the first year by the ashes of the trees that are torn down and burned. From thereon there is no fertility. Check out the rain forest before you write about it. >> 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... Absolute nonsense - you should check the geography of Brazil. >> 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. I must say, Chris, you need a lot of work. The large landowners incorporate themselves for the obvious benefits. The expropriation doesn't need corporative activity. In Britain, for example, the Duke of Westminster is incorporated as Chatsworth Estates. Does the corporation change anything about expropriation? >> Instead you make silly little quips about McDonalds. > >...while you're only being consistent as a free-trader to defend the McFatcats. McDonalds doesn't need me to defend it. I may have had a Macburger in my like but I don't remember it. Its job is to supply good food to billions of satisfied customers and they apparently like what it does. Otherwise, they would not have succeeded as they have. Remember the picture of the Moscow McDonalds where people were lining up for blocks to get their "fast" food? Billions of people buy from McDonalds and apparently you would like to prevent them. It's called the collectivist mentality. >> 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. On the other hand old age with wisdom should be listened to. Hey! Make a start. For a change listen to someone. It might get rid of some of your callow. > >Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
