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The book, page 3: > and ask her to contemplate the justice of insisting that the lenders be repaid, not by the dictator, or even by his cronies, but by litera
by FartyMcFarter 8y ago
The book, page 3:
> and ask her to contemplate
the justice of insisting that the lenders be repaid, not by the dictator,
or even by his cronies, but by literally taking food from the mouths of
hungry children.
I'm still willing to give this book a chance, but it's not a good look when the third page already contains an emotionally manipulative and gross misuse of "literally".
- kiliantics 8y agoI mean, this predatory lending did lead to a lot of starvation. That is not controversial. He may be using exaggerated narrative (and that part is only the introduction, setting the scene) but he is quite clear in the text about what the known or suspected facts are and what we might deduce from them.
- jazzyjackson 8y agoI forgive the author for mixing some emotion into it -- he's trying to write a book about debt that will appeal to a general audience. Like the sibling said, it's still quite rigorous in its citations.