Comments on: Sounds of Venezuela: Part 7 http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/10/sounds-of-venezuela-part-7/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lichen http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/10/sounds-of-venezuela-part-7/#comment-30378 lichen Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:24:33 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4195#comment-30378 "How one man, with family help at peak times, can till just one-and-one-half hectares of land on a steep incline, keeping it cleared of weeds, and earn enough for all they owned and not be in debt—while the two cooperatives I had visited were so far from nearing this accomplishment—is such a big question that I can’t enlighten anymore than I have: discipline, dedication, sense of ownership responsibility." The cooperative you visited in the past article was in a different location--with different weather, soil conditions, and, probably, levels of education and technique. You should not assume the problem is only going to be vague 'character' issues. “How one man, with family help at peak times, can till just one-and-one-half hectares of land on a steep incline, keeping it cleared of weeds, and earn enough for all they owned and not be in debt—while the two cooperatives I had visited were so far from nearing this accomplishment—is such a big question that I can’t enlighten anymore than I have: discipline, dedication, sense of ownership responsibility.”

The cooperative you visited in the past article was in a different location–with different weather, soil conditions, and, probably, levels of education and technique. You should not assume the problem is only going to be vague ‘character’ issues.

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