Re: Darwin's Nightmare

I saw the same Darwin's Nightmare documentary that Dan blogged on. The fishing industry in Lake Victoria is not sustainable, and once the fish are gone, the transnational corporations will most likely pull out of the country and leave it to perish. For the moment, fishing is the Tanzania's competitive advantage, but the industry is controlled by companies that have no real interest in the long-term effects for the country. I remember one of the local Tanzanian men saying in an interview that he hopes war breaks out again because war provides a way to make a living. The documentary does a good job illustrating the flaws in the ideology of free trade and its supposedly universal benefits.