you know how libs always say knee-jerk "communism only works on paper" despite the opposite being true? i would like to crowdsource help in writing a good retort to that, that could. hopefully plant seeds in someone’s mind.

  • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Just saw this link recently

    For every dollar of aid the South receives, they lose $14 in drain through unequal exchange, not counting illicit financial outflows. Poor countries are developing rich countries, not the other way around.

    You can read Jason Hickel's book The Divide for more info on this topic

    • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      They talk about the failure of socialism, but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

      :fidel-balling:

      • sam5673 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I heard someone say those countries are corrupt like the western corporations bribing their politicians aren't also part of that coruption

        • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Another angle for that one is "What, are you saying the people in those countries have some sort of predisposition to corruption? Now what does that sound like?"

          • blobjim [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            "Is it the economic system that is out of touch? No, it is the blacks who are wrong!"