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"Appease the moneyed classes or starve" doesn't seem like a very just way to run the world. Granted, the IMF isn't the arbiter of justice, but punishing the PEO
by ccooffee 4y ago
"Appease the moneyed classes or starve" doesn't seem like a very just way to run the world. Granted, the IMF isn't the arbiter of justice, but punishing the PEOPLE of El Salvador for the actions of the local ruling classes is just cruel. Even if the "financial trouble" could lead to "regime change", we're obscuring the horrors for the citizenry behind some smarmy journalism words.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoSo stage a coup and put adults in charge instead of a crypto bro gambling away a nation’s sovereign funds. I agree the IMF should assist the El Salvadoran people, but that’s not currently an option being presented.
- tasuki 4y ago> So stage a coup Have you ever stayed a coup? It is very very difficult. And historically, the consequences of coups have been mixed. It's like people saying the Russians should just overthrow Putin...
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