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Why Are Indian Reservations So Poor?
- omouse 15y agoAh the beauty of capitalism; always trying to expand and grow and force people to accept its logic. It also seems like the problem here is that the government is in control of things rather than the community themselves. You don't need private property to fix this problem. Markets will make things just as bad, or worse. The reformer in this article wants to join the democratic-capitalist system. That's fucking stupid. What he wants is freedom and autonomy. You don't need capitalism for that. The residents don't need incentives to improve their own housing. They need access to resources without being forced into adopting a consumerist lifestyle or a capitalist mindset. Coal and natural gas mining are harmful to the environment and I applaud the natives for slowing down the development as much as possible. The comments on the article are more sane than the article itself: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoppisch/2011/12/13/why-are-indian-reservations-so-poor-a-look-at-the-bottom-1/?commentId=comment_blogAndPostId/blog/comment/939-95-285 http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoppisch/2011/12/13/why-are-...
- garyrichardson 15y agoTell that to the human beings that just happened to be born native and want cars and ipods too. Freedom and autonomy can't be traded for goods and services.
- omouse 15y agoJust because a few of them want cars and iPods doesn't mean they should force all native communities to become capitalists and worshippers of the private property system. You can have iPods and cars that are communally shared or considered the personal property of a person.
- abrown28 15y agoYou wont have them for long because communal property does not get taken care of.
- abrown28 15y agoYou're silly