Why Are Indian Reservations So Poor?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoppisch/2011/12/13/why-are-indian-reservations-so-poor-a-look-at-the-bottom-1/

by holychiz • 15 years ago

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omouse3• 15 years ago

Ah 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-...

abrown283• 15 years ago

You're silly

omouse3• 15 years ago

Haha, yeah I am pretty silly, bashing capitalism on Hacker News.

garyrichardson• 15 years ago

Tell 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.

omouse3• 15 years ago

Just 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.

Why Are Indian Reservations So Poor?

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