Re: question michael a. lebowitz

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  At 02:58 13/01/2006, Soula wrote:
> I recently heard a critical coment that Chavez development policy consists
> of small cottage like indistry where every family would be self sufficient
> with its own chicken coop.

this kind of development can be the basis for more "modern"
development later on, by providing the "grass roots" with assets,
including education, and with purchasing power (boosting the domestic
market). (It's akin to the aborted "40 acres and a mule" plan for the
ex-slaves after the Civil War in the US.)  It also creates a
fundamental popular basis to defend V if and when it's invaded by the
US.

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Jim Devine
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