Re: Cuban Genetic Engineering (was Jesse Lemisch)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>  >It's the nature of capitalism not to allow everyone in the world "to
>>live at current North American ecological standards (say 4.5
>  >ha/person)."
>>
>>Yoshie
>
>This is not exactly true. Even under socialism, it will not be possible to
>sustain the following practices:
>
>1. Limitless livestock breeding.
>2. Limitless automobile ownership.
>3. Industrial-grade "harvesting" of seafood.
>4. Massive production of energy through hydroelectric dams.
>5. "Green revolution" type farming.
>6. Uncontrolled carbon emissions.
>7. Deforestation of old-growth forests.
>8. etc.
>
>Louis Proyect

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.

Yoshie