Sugar still connected to Slavery which it Began in Americas

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The governments even in the best democratic countries are far from being perfect and often very evil , but in developing countries the governments are simply intolerably evil.
The people should just learn not to blindly obey but to question their governments.
I think if the journalists and simple people are afraid to defend the weak and oppressed and to questioning its governments , its also a kind of slavery.
 
  1. Remember that sugar cane is still an important commodity in such U. S. States as Louisiana, Florida, and Hawaii, and beet and corn sweeteners are grown in other states. There is no “slavery” of any type involved, and the workers are paid decent wages. At least in Louisiana, workers will plant cane in the spring, harvest in the fall, and troll for shrimp the rest of the year. Much of the cane production is mechanized these days.
  2. You can read my diary and see the pictures of my visit to Haiti in 2001 at haiti.luquette.org and you will see that the problem is much greater than just sugar cane.
 
A couple more ideas some worth pursuing?

Most of our homeless have addictions some may have started with the sweet addiction so we can set up the no suk cure treatment centers locally

Capitalists can go to work building greenhouses all over colder areas to fix suk society with veg get able society

Sugar can be turned into ethanol for your gas starved vehicles and give the money to the poor third world as ethanol tax to give them money for more high tech ethanol plants.

Fix our broken health care system with health prevention no suk. Money to send health prevention workers to world.

Church starts the society of St. John the Baptist members who neither eat suk or drink alk. They run model greenhouses and vegetable farms and heal and train healthy families so we don’t have another generation of suks and alks.

We all spend more time in adoration asking for blessings on our chance to bring mercy, Justice and peace.

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The solution is rather simple.

The developing world needs good government, the type that guarantees certain liberties and property rights and fosters a free market. In that situation, free of coercion from bureaucrats and statists, corporatists, and theocrats; farmers and labourers are more likely to receive a fair price for their goods and services. Much like we, in the developed world, have come to expect.

Unfortunately, the reality is too often the opposite of that. These people have long been oppressed under big government: their ancient despots, European powers, and now corrupt local politicians. Big business, such as those monopolies set up by European powers and now foreign corporations from North America, Europe, or Asia continue the theme. They face accepting artificially low prices and wages or violence.

There is often no recourse: emergency services are inadequate and the courts are out of reach for many because of financial reasons.

In addition to good government in the developing world, they need free trade in the entire world. African farmers, for example, despite selling their produce for very low prices can not compete with European farmers, for example, because European farmers are so heavily subsidized. They’re protected by ‘public health standards’ and now ‘organic standards’.

You find that many social problems are solved by economic prosperity. Catholicism does help: it provides a foundation and tempers the materialism that comes with prosperity. But my experience living in the developing world is that even poor Christians will fall prey to social problems.
 
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