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Originally Posted by nynor
it would require that our leaders actually respect and care for us.... not going to happen.
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To a conservative viewpoint, I don't need my "leaders" deciding what is good or bad for me. But in this particular case, I did recognized and appreciate the tribal elder chief's wisdom regarding his "family". It was a totally different World there.
For us, it was an interesting dilemma about free markets, environmental justice, sustainable societies, justice for individuals and other societial issues (who got work/who didn't, etc.) We spent a whole lot of hours and time thinking about the societal impacts of bringing a couple of $Hundred Million movies to Dominica and St. Vincent. I'm not sure, but I believe we ended up giving the "extra" $90/hour/person to a peer-reviewed training/trust fund that was administered by Disney and Dominica to the tune of many millions of dollars.
I'll bet you a dollar (because that is about all I care) that you didn't think Disney actually did that making movies. I work for the best company in the World. We do more environmental, ecological, conservation work than any other big Corporate Rat (mouse) in the World.