Nutter wins Bolivia Election

[GOP = Terrorists]

We can hope.

Yay for democracy!  Errr...

[GOP = Terrorists]

I dislike his socialist protectionist tendencies.  However, I applaud his stance that Bolivia shouldn't be made to suffer or give up it traditional non-harmful cultural practices because of the idiotic war on drugs.

You don't see protecting cultural practices as in itself a protectionist tendency?

Even in western to western culture.  Think Canada's media regulations.

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Only if they were to ban the import of coca leaves to chew on from lower cost growers in other countries.

I think it has an economic trait as well.  Look at Canada's rules on media.  That a percentage of media has to originate in Canada as a means to preserve a Canadian identity while clearly also preserving jobs.

I think that the link comes from the fact that there is a natural correlation between protecting a culture and protecting the economic conditions that are part of it.  To think that you can radically change the economic conditions without altering the cultural conditions is faulty.