• wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    After several hundred years of Western investment which only creates slums and brothels, props up violent dictators and which leaves behind a big hole in the ground where the countries resources have been stripped, I would suggest that investment that builds railways, ports and other infrastructure, creates jobs and new markets, is like a breath of fresh air .

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      3 months ago

      After several hundred years of Western investment which only creates slums and brothels

      Remind me: How old is China? No poor people in Tibet or Yunnan? Burma is doing wonderfully too, I hear.

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      3 months ago

      Because there are no slums or brothels in China, big holes in the ground, and they have never propped up violent dictators.

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      3 months ago

      Maybe. But there’s no such thing as a free lunch. It all comes with strings attached.