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After the last two presidents America has elected, having an opinion on the heads of state of other countries seems a little bit rich. A clown, a geriatric, wha

by SMVS 5y ago

After the last two presidents America has elected, having an opinion on the heads of state of other countries seems a little bit rich. A clown, a geriatric, what's next? Clown 2? The imf is and has always been the greatest repressive force preventing development and state sovereignty. Nothing good comes from the imf ever. Especially if you're not in the west

unmole 5y ago
> Nothing good comes from the imf ever. Especially if you're not in the west The IMF bailout and the forced economic reforms of 1991 are responsible for the decades of growth, development and poverty alleviation that India experienced.
dragonwriter 5y ago
> Nothing good comes from the imf ever. Especially if you're not in the west “Global capitalist class” not “west”.
mint2 5y ago
Just because we’ve had some characters as president doesn’t mean we can’t have opinions. Only countries with a history of perfect presidents can have opinions? And by this logic, rich people shouldn’t comment on the imf, and anyone on the internet on hacker news is comparatively well off in the grand scheme. If having a bad leader means we can’t comment on other presidents, and all countries have had rich powerful people and organizations abuse their monetary power, how is it consistent to be okay criticizing external rich and powerful organizations but not leaders?
- danlugo92 5y ago
  > hacker news is comparatively well off in the grand scheme. Get out, I was reading hacker news on one meal a day years ago. No prejudice.
NicoJuicy 5y ago
The IMF is literally a way for a country to acknowledge their mistakes and a process to get better through loans ( in a lot of cases). Greece was especially bad for example and at the state out was then, it should have never been allowed in the EU either. The IMF helped in return for reforms which Greece didn't really liked and isn't visible in the short term. But it is a long term vision and not a short term one. Greece is an example that there's no difference between the west and others. The IMF, is believe, makes no difference. ( Just my opinion)

by SMVS 5y ago

unmole 5y ago

> Nothing good comes from the imf ever. Especially if you're not in the west The IMF bailout and the forced economic reforms of 1991 are responsible for the decades of growth, development and poverty alleviation that India experienced.

dragonwriter 5y ago

> Nothing good comes from the imf ever. Especially if you're not in the west “Global capitalist class” not “west”.

mint2 5y ago

Just because we’ve had some characters as president doesn’t mean we can’t have opinions. Only countries with a history of perfect presidents can have opinions? And by this logic, rich people shouldn’t comment on the imf, and anyone on the internet on hacker news is comparatively well off in the grand scheme. If having a bad leader means we can’t comment on other presidents, and all countries have had rich powerful people and organizations abuse their monetary power, how is it consistent to be okay criticizing external rich and powerful organizations but not leaders?

danlugo92 5y ago
> hacker news is comparatively well off in the grand scheme. Get out, I was reading hacker news on one meal a day years ago. No prejudice.

NicoJuicy 5y ago

The IMF is literally a way for a country to acknowledge their mistakes and a process to get better through loans ( in a lot of cases). Greece was especially bad for example and at the state out was then, it should have never been allowed in the EU either. The IMF helped in return for reforms which Greece didn't really liked and isn't visible in the short term. But it is a long term vision and not a short term one. Greece is an example that there's no difference between the west and others. The IMF, is believe, makes no difference. ( Just my opinion)