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> That reminds me of RDC Congo, lot of gold, yet a very poor country, at the mercy of foreign interests. No, at the mercy of inept and foolish local politician
by boeingUH60 3y ago
> That reminds me of RDC Congo, lot of gold, yet a very poor country, at the mercy of foreign interests.
No, at the mercy of inept and foolish local politicians that foreign interests take advantage of.
- 20after4 3y agoAccording to [1] they may be not so much inept as heavily coerced under threat of violence. [1]. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit...
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoThat's true, that's perhaps what I should have wrote