Harry Pollard wrote: > > >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.
...so they have to move on to the next patch even faster! > >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. But corporate activity needs expropriation... or there wouldn't be land available en masse... > >> 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. Then why do you do 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? Moscow is the world's 4th most expensive city (after Tokyo, Osaka and London) -- so it's no wonder the many new poor in Moscow must eat the cheapo crap of McDeath. > Billions of people buy from McDonalds and apparently you would > like to prevent them. > > It's called the collectivist mentality. Buying from McD is called sheer poverty or a lack of understanding that few things are more expensive than "cheap" food. (Health and the environment are our most valuable goods.) > On the other hand old age with wisdom should be listened to. Hey! > Make a start. For a change listen to someone. I do listen to old age with wisdom. If it's that. Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
