For food the islanders have only to put out their hand and take what nature has provided for them; if they plant a banana-tree, their only care afterward is to see that too many trees do not grow. They have great reason to love their country and to fear the white man's yoke, for once harnessed to the plow, their life would no longer be a poem.
Mexican fisherman story/parable:
American business goes on vacation, goes out fishing with a Mexican man
Asks Mexican man how he spends his time
I spend time with my family in the morning, fish a little, catch enough to feed my family, cook, laugh with my family around the fire, spend time with my children
Critiqued by businessman: what you could do is spend all day fishing and have surplus fish to sell at market
Why would I do that?
Then you can employ friends with more money
Why..? Then you could bring in even more money
Why..? Then you could build a canning company in America
Why..? Then you could have enough money to come home to your family and laugh with your kids around the fire..
