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That these men came from terrible conditions of poverty is clear. That they even had a choice between subsistence farming ("awful" or not) and this work is less clear. Have either you or Starvid any evidence of a link? (I've looked and haven't found anything more than a mention of "poor villages on the other side of India" in alexius's blog that Das Monde links to.)

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 at 09:12:09 AM EST
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No. It occurred to me that I should add a footnote to the effect that he was assuming that they had such a choice, but Christopher decided to wake up ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 at 09:44:18 AM EST
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