• THC
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    1 year ago

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  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    "How will Kenya pay for this hospital" kind of betrays how western empires do it, right? Predatory loans and currency manipulation, which then leads to debt, subsequently followed by sanctions and threat of military intervention. China as far as I know, seems to do standard commerce with other countries and frequently forgives debt.

    The accusation is that China will someday do the same thing as western countries but in a sneaky way that seems neutral/benevolent at first.

    • edge [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Pure projection, as always.

    • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The difference is that the west has rarely done anything benevolent for poor nations

    • ElmLion [any]
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      2 years ago

      The west should be so kind as to provide hospitals in exchange for payment, right now all it really does is take payment in exchange for nothing at all.

  • YourFavoriteFed [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I'll never understand why people say the left, or even liberals are all smug, condescending asswipes but CHUDs seem to be incapable of entertaining the idea that they might not be omniscient.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      The power of smugness is in how good it makes you feel when your team is doing it.

      Reagan was the smuggest motherfucker alive and every Western politician since has been trying to replicate his White Boy Magic.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      BBC: mud filter, ominous music, scary font "Tonight, an expose into the dark world of China's hospital diplomacy."

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Remember when China gave a bunch of developing countries COVID vaccines for free and Westoid MSM had to try to reframe the basic concept that people like you when you help them as cunning Chinese diplomacy?

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "How will Kenya pay for the hospital" is also a relevant question in the west's dealings with the global south. The difference is that in this case the hospital is placed in Belgium.

  • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I wish we would just leave Africa and its many nations alone. The West/Global North have been ransacking, pillaging, plundering, robbing, looting, stealing from the African continent. England specifically has been violently, economically, physically, psychically, culturally, spiritually, and every other -ally way abused Africa as a whole and has the audacity to lecture nations. African nations can’t begin to self-determine while the cold iron hooks of the global north rustle in their flesh.

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Reminder for anybody who needs to annoy some liberals about China:

    https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/china-forgives-debt-for-17-african-nations/news-story/28ab7f45440142634ff8efd0360b2fec