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    11 months ago

    My problem with Demsoc is that it doesn’t work in 3rd world countries to really address the issues, only to improve on them a little bit (see south america).

    I think it only really works that well in europe because of imperialism.

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      11 months ago

      What works really well in developing nations is capitalism (i.e. outside investment).

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            11 months ago

            I doubt so. You sound like someone who would fold under the conditions of the working class in most of these “capitalist utopia” sweatshops.

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              11 months ago

              I’d bet a fair amount of money that you have no idea what actual hard work looks like, and I find it insane that you’d rather countries just stay poor forever than allow people to work to change their lives.

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                11 months ago

                I didn’t actually say that. You have no idea how capitalism operates in the third world it seems.

                Being exploited collectively for our actual riches improves no one’s lives. Come here and visit my country for a reality check.

                I wonder why 3rd world countries that go Socialist grow and develop so fast. It is almost like all that money is being funneled back to the US and Europe through corporations, and thats not good for anyone.

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                  11 months ago

                  Here’s how capitalism actually works in the third world, as someone who has actually worked in a field where I traveled to the third world for business

                  1: companies invest in local communities that have little inside economic opportunity

                  2: workers there are paid well above what others are, because the local currency has a shitty exchange rate

                  3: those people then become locally wealthy and contribute to the growth of businesses, institutions, and infrastructure that improves the nation’s economy as a whole

                  You see someone getting paid $10.00/day and I see someone making 5x what their neighbors make, because a US dollar is worth 20x (or more) their currency.