>> I'd like to point out three things. The first is that the main danger
>> of agricultural collectivization comes from the tendency of such
>> systems to create "monocultures" of crops
>
> No. The main danger from agricultural collectivization comes from all
> the people who got shot during the process of reenserfment of the
> peasantry, and all the people who thereafter starve as production
> drops and required grain deliveries rise.
Well, seeing as they were shot, and starved to death, this "main danger" isn't likely to come from them anymore.