Karl Marx's Camel
31st January 2006, 12:28
My idea of a successful program for Bolivia for the next few years:
The most urgent tasks
Firstly; Focus on educating doctors and teachers, and sending volunteers to rural areas, providing medicine and giving literacy courses. Vaccination of the population, basic education in hygiene, safe sex and nutrition included. Then building roads and other very basic infrastructure to the most critical areas.
Militia
Establishing a half-secret program of building local militias with political sympathy towards the movement. It should be especially developed and centered in La Paz, but also in other critical cities, giving them a not so radical name, say "The Independence Militia for Safeguarding Stability and Progress". These will also do things like helping the rural populations, helping the population during different kinds of emergencies. It's final goal should be to so strong as to deter coups, invasions similar to that of the Bay of Pigs, and be so widespread that it can launch a guerilla campaign if an foreign invasion should take lace.
The initial land reform law
Unused land to be expropriated by the government.
Campaign against racism/discrimination
Launching a campaign against racism and discrimination against the indigenous population.
Establishing city schools
In order to solve the problem of large distances between the population in the rural areas, city schools could be a good option. This means creating cities dedicated to the students. A city school will be much like a huge boarding school.
Establishing People's stores and local hospitals in the rural areas
These will be state owned and will only gain a maximum profit of, say, 10-20 percent. Unemployed or partly-unemployed people will be able to buy on credit, until they get a job. These will only provide the most basic of things.
What do you think of these measures, do you think something should be added, and what should be done after such very basic goals have been completed?
The most urgent tasks
Firstly; Focus on educating doctors and teachers, and sending volunteers to rural areas, providing medicine and giving literacy courses. Vaccination of the population, basic education in hygiene, safe sex and nutrition included. Then building roads and other very basic infrastructure to the most critical areas.
Militia
Establishing a half-secret program of building local militias with political sympathy towards the movement. It should be especially developed and centered in La Paz, but also in other critical cities, giving them a not so radical name, say "The Independence Militia for Safeguarding Stability and Progress". These will also do things like helping the rural populations, helping the population during different kinds of emergencies. It's final goal should be to so strong as to deter coups, invasions similar to that of the Bay of Pigs, and be so widespread that it can launch a guerilla campaign if an foreign invasion should take lace.
The initial land reform law
Unused land to be expropriated by the government.
Campaign against racism/discrimination
Launching a campaign against racism and discrimination against the indigenous population.
Establishing city schools
In order to solve the problem of large distances between the population in the rural areas, city schools could be a good option. This means creating cities dedicated to the students. A city school will be much like a huge boarding school.
Establishing People's stores and local hospitals in the rural areas
These will be state owned and will only gain a maximum profit of, say, 10-20 percent. Unemployed or partly-unemployed people will be able to buy on credit, until they get a job. These will only provide the most basic of things.
What do you think of these measures, do you think something should be added, and what should be done after such very basic goals have been completed?