I see and admire your manner of liv-ing. . . . You can do almost what you choose. You whites possess the power of subduing almost every animal to your use. You are surrounded by slaves. Everything about you is in chains, and you are slaves yourselves. I fear that if I should exchange my pursuits for yours, I, too, should become a slave.
The globalization of the agriculture system and the previously noted ecological and economic changes have led to cultural changes in the third world. The rise of contract farming in the Dominican Republic has led to a rise in nontraditional farming, which is supplanting traditional farming. Thousands of peasant homes have gone into contracts with private corporations, which changes the entire cultural dynamic of families and population centers (Raynolds 2000:443).
