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Sometimes it feels like a blessing to live in a country without natural resources worth killing for.
by Eyght 6y ago
Sometimes it feels like a blessing to live in a country without natural resources worth killing for.
- eternauta3k 6y agoYou don't even need to have natural resources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
- chance_state 6y ago4.5 long hours for the "but America" comment to appear. Rookie numbers.
- api 6y agoThere is actually a name for it: "the resource curse." You can even see it inside the USA by looking at the corruption and poverty in those states that have an economy based mostly on some kind of resource extraction. Oligarchs sit at the top and enrich themselves with the cooperation of bought politicians and other officials, and things like education or any attempt to diversify the economy are neglected as there is (to the oligarchs) no need. The money is flowing so who cares if the schools suck, the water is contaminated, and the people are all dying of opiate overdoses...