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Gotta love hn where human rights concerns get downvoted, top voted comment? look how rich this guy is

• pmorici 9y ago
  The comment implies that investment encourages the abuse. I don't think you can take that at face value. There is an argument that foreign investment tends to liberalize those sorts of countries.
  • brepl 9y ago
    > There is an argument that foreign investment tends to liberalize those sorts of countries. The way I read, it's investment _from_ those countries, not _to_ them.
  • chinathrow 9y ago
    If you know that your purchase/use of product X, funded by fund Y with money from country Z will in the end benefit the chiefs of country Z - then no, there is no way that this "liberalizes" those countries. It supports the status quo (rich families/dynasties on top). It cements the status quo.