Let's say you're the leader of a primarily indigenous country where most people are peasants who sustain themselves through the practice of subsistence agriculture, like Peru or Bolivia. Let's say you want to develop the country's economy in the way development is traditionally conceived of. This involves the creation of a modern industrial economy at the expense of the indigenous peasant's traditional ways of life. Would you say that by doing this, you would be oppressing them to an extent that is unacceptable? If so, what is the correct vision to have for the future if you're in a country like that?

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Dude, why would it be any different from the industrialization of anywhere else? Yeah, a lot of people would migrate to the cities cuz there are better paying jobs there and that would affect them, but you wouldn't be forcing them, unless you are a dickhead.

    Also, you might be overestimating the "peasant" population proportion of those countries.