Damned "development"

So this is ECONOMY for you.

Defiling nature and indigenous lives in the name of "development" for a supposedly "greater good". In 50 years' time Borneo might probably have undergone such a tragic overhaul & transformed into a regretful sight. Thanks to the lack of foresight of local authorities & the welfare of a few individuals' private coffers.

Perhaps it is not only the corporate accountability & temporal financial compensation that matter, but the long-term resonance of such a project that will likely result in the permanent loss of cultures so endeared by the indigenous people, and ultimately also the irrepealability of the pristine state of the current Borneo.

I'm not sure how such a peaceful, small-scale protest by these commoners might obstruct the progress of this project, & it is not difficult to foresee the construction of the dam to be given a green light. Such is the unfortunate case of too many third-world nations to mention.

Thus I really wonder at the long-term good of corporations. If indeed seven acres of land had been compensated to each promised individual, should the case then be left to rest and Hydro Tasmania continue to be permitted to encroach upon others' land for the sake of a benefit that might or might not be eventually delivered?

Should the economic benefits be certain to be delivered, would that then outweigh the prices paid by the indigenous people & precious mother nature?

Much as life is not equipped with a "restart" button, nature & cultures are equally so. Corporations strangely do not look beyond their bank accounts & the world's increasing inclination to a profiteering culture is a painful situation to watch.

If only individual rights came before society's financial hierarchy...