Reply #19: "Investors" sounds so.... innocuous

[Canuckistanian]

The fact is, absentee landlords such as these "investors" have never had the best interests of the campesinos at heart.
Sure, I know the argument, these poor people need to be shown the way of capitalism and the benefits of the profit-driven marketplace, but FIRST let them be able to feed themselves and manage their OWN affairs.
As for Chavez being a "wacko", South America is full of them, mostly RW dictators. At least Chavez's "peoples revolution" is not killing large numbers of peasants in the name of the "free market".
You can argue with his methods, but his ultimate goal is lauadable, IMHO.