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Forcing/enticing people to incur debts they can't pay off is a time-honored colonialist tactic for gaining control of land.

• hkt 8y ago
  Yes. Belt and road is imperialism, no doubt. We (Europeans) did the same to Africa before.
  • hannasanarion 8y ago
    And it was condemnable then too.
    • hkt 8y ago
      Yes, it was.
    • chirau 8y ago
      It was, but it wasn't actually condemned. In fact, the West scrambled for Africa. They still are, just that they have another player who doesn't play by their rules now.