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A huge fraction of that assistance (e.g. the IMF) has been conditioned on opening up their economies to "fair" foreign exploitation. It's not some benevolent gi

by topaz0 8mo ago

A huge fraction of that assistance (e.g. the IMF) has been conditioned on opening up their economies to "fair" foreign exploitation. It's not some benevolent gift, generally.

bibimsz 8mo ago
There's always an excuse.
- topaz0 8mo ago
  It's extremely naive to ignore the power dynamics that set the terms of who benefits from those investments, and the relationship between those power dynamics and the initial wealth of the participants. I'll withhold judgement on whether it's "cope".
  - bibimsz 8mo ago
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