Re: RE: Vandana Shiva

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Title: RE: Vandana Shiva

Isn't this kinda related to a question I think should be put to US citizens, ie, who decided that it was a good idea to get rid of all those industrial jobs for better higher-value jobs.  Isn't that the argment and rational behind GATT, WTO and the who neo-lib economic spin? ----- Original Message ----- From: Devine, James To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: [PEN-L:28560] RE: Vandana Shiva Doug: > So you agree [with V. Shiva] that women rather than machines should grind flour?< isn't this a false dichotomy (perhaps coming from Shiva)? Isn't there a spectrum of different techniques for grinding flour, with some more "capital intensive" than others, so-called alternative technologies? Isn't the main point that people should be given the power to democratically decide which range of technologies prevail, so that markets, corporate hierarchies, and patriarchal traditions don't dictate the answer to this crucial question? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine