Noam Chomsky: "Gempa bumi di Haiti adalah bencana berbasis kelas. Tida...

"Gempa bumi di Haiti adalah bencana berbasis kelas. Tidak banyak merugikan elit kaya di atas bukit, mereka terguncang tetapi tidak hancur. Di sisi lain orang-orang yang tinggal di daerah kumuh perkotaan yang menyedihkan, banyak sekali dari mereka, mereka sangat terpukul. Mungkin beberapa ratus ribu orang terbunuh. Kenapa mereka tinggal di sana? Mereka tinggal di sana karena-itu kembali ke sistem kolonial Perancis - tetapi pada abad yang lalu, mereka tinggal di sana karena kebijakan AS, kebijakan yang konsisten."

--- Noam Chomsky

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The earthquake in Haiti was a class-based catastrophe. It didn't much harm the wealthy elite up in the hills, they were shaken but not destroyed. On the other hand the people who were living in the miserable urban slums, huge numbers of them, they were devastated. Maybe a couple hundred thousand were killed. How come they were living there? They were living there because of-it goes back to the French colonial system-but in the past century, they were living there because of US policies, consistent policies.