Re: The Vulnerable Planet (was Re: suburbia)

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

> Yoshie Furuhashi
>
> > The task for the 21st century is to ... modernize agriculture & industry
> globally
>
> It's only about five minutes ago that you were telling us that this was
> impossible and could never happen:
>
> > > I'm simply saying that worrying about what will happen if everyone in
> the world gets to "to live at current North American ecological
> standards (say 4.5 ha/person)" under capitalism is _absurd_, since
> it's _not_ going to happen.<<
>
> Mark Jones

It's impossible to modernize industry & agriculture globally _under
capitalism_, but _under socialism_ it is possible.  BTW, to modernize
industry & agriculture is not the same as to "live at current North
American ecological standards," with each family owning or striving
to own not just one but two, three, or more cars, the bigger the
better, driving to work, shop, play, do anything.  The USA is
inefficient.

Yoshie