Re: [Marxism] Did Mega-Dam in China lead to earthquake?

[Larry Damms <larrydamms@xxxxxxxxx>]

DW:
 
The biggest single problem with the Chinese infrastructure projects is the 
political disenfranchisement of public input, which, to my knowledge, is 
non-existent.
 
LD:
 
Not to defend the CCP's brand of authoritarian capitalism (too simplistic a 
descriptor in any event), but the planning and operation of large scale and 
technically complex infrastructure projects is always the sternest test of 
democratic accountability, regardless of the mode of production. Whatever 
his theoretical limitations Donald Worster in Rivers of Empire makes a good 
case for the inherent connections between huge and complicated projects and 
top-down bureaucracy. Yeah, I know, my Weberian Marxist slip is showing ;)
 
 


      
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