True that (but then again, indians did have medicine and they did not have the diseases brought by the market forces of europe). But we could go on and on with the pros and cons of globalization vs localism, and it would not matter. Its simply not clear to me that people were miserable and totally depressed right up until the moment that markets came along. Surely the market had the opposite effect on the indians, with mass suicide among the males whose 10 000 year old tradition was snatched from them by the occupiers.

Its not even clear to me that people in the global market are all that content in the first place.

Andrew

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Ethanol is a fabulous solution to our energy dilemma because it will provide more fuel for us to drive around and look for food.

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