Re: [Marxism] Cuba Distributes more than 45,000 land parcels

[David Picón Álvarez <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Lüko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>   Do you think that the land should continue to lay idle, unused?

>   Do you think the land should not stay nationalised but handed over as
tradeable private property?

I can of course speak only for myself, but how about wanting the land to be 
utilized in accordance to the needs of the planned economy instead of 
parcelling it out in some kind of emphyteusis, leaving its use up to private 
actors?

I don't think the whole spread of choice is to 1) privatize the land all the 
way, 2) leave it unused and 3) assign it to people for a limited term to 
produce according to market imperatives.

This said, there's probably a reason why this has been the choice taken, and 
if the Cuban leadership considers that it would be difficult or impossible 
to use the land within the state sector itself, I can see their case for 
trying to get something out of it in this way.

--David.


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