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> "We are not interested in preserving the Eskimo as a hunter. We are interested in giving him the opportunity of becoming a coal miner." Wow and they say old
by GekkePrutser 4y ago
> "We are not interested in preserving the Eskimo as a hunter. We are interested in giving him the opportunity of becoming a coal miner."
Wow and they say old times were better lol
They were so careless with nature and people
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoYou're only saying that because of the political baggage that surrounds treatment of native Americans and coal mining and the way we view those things today. The premise that a big infrastructure project will create a bunch of economic opportunity in the local area and people will be better off for it is not a controversial one.
- pmoriarty 4y ago"The premise that a big infrastructure project will create a bunch of economic opportunity in the local area and people will be better off for it is not a controversial one." It certainly is controversial. Some look at this process as economic opportunity, others as indentured servitude and exploitation. There's been a long and sad history of such developments leaving the areas where it happens a polluted, barren carcass.