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From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: America's role in world hunger & red spread
Message-ID: <265@SCIRTP.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 19:59:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.265
Posted: Wed Jul 31 19:59:00 1985
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I am posting to express my concern regarding the spread of
communism in third world countries. I find the suppression
of freedoms under communist rule to be intolerable.

However, It is clear that many citizens of these third
world countries are turning to communism to address the
problems that were created by multinational American
"agribusiness" corporations acting with the cooperation
of the leaders of these countries.

The push to modernize has resulted in many of these nations
experiencing excruciating poverty, while over half of their
foodcrops are being exported to the modernized countries.
Surely this scenario must give third world citizens a dim
view of capitalism and democracy. 

We must present democracy as the champion of personal liberties
and the guardian of freedom that it is. We cannot convey this
image by continuing our tacit support of the draining of nations'
resources by American "agribusiness." If we do not address this
problem soon, I believe all these nations will look to com-
munism, the Soviet Union in particular, as a means to feed their
people. I propose that all American "agribusiness" corporations
be required by law to relinquish their foreign holdings.
This will allow these poverty-stricken nations to support
themselves without succumbing to the false lures of communism.
If we cannot take this drastic step, revolutions will occur
that forcibly overtake croplands owned by American corporations.

Let's give the third world a chance at true democracy.

Forgive the opinionated nature of this. Support will follow
as flames demand it. 

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