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[james_davis_nicoll]

But is forced radical de-urbanization a crime against humanity, in a world where urbanization is leading us to an environmental crisis that could result in millions of deaths from similar causes and where forced urbanization through government land-grabs has yet to be put on trial?

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[carloshasanax.livejournal.com]

Chávez may be the second most Dubya-like leader of a Western Hemisphere nation [1], but one of his main bases of support is the urban poor. Attributing a forced radical deurbanization policy to Chávez is a little like attributing a forced radical pro-atheism policy to Franklin Graham.

[1] Much luckier than W, though, if having historically high oil prices can be counted as luck.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

I had a vague idea he'd been encouraging rural re-settlement, not really forced or radical. It was a distant second to Pol Pot.