https://web.archive.org/web/20240405151158/https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/05/china-developing-world-bri-global-development-initiative-hegemony/

  • SpookyGenderCommunist [they/them, she/her]
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    7 months ago

    economically developing these regions because imperialists need to do that

    I really want to take these people to West Virginia. If this were true, I wouldn't have encountered at least 3 or 4 instances of half the road having fallen into the river valley below, while on a road trip to Matewan a couple years ago. Not to mention the rampant poverty, food deserts, and the commercial dominance of Dollar General.

    • SomeGuy@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      They'd probably say something like "only the colonized countries need to be economically developed not the core" or "internal colonization is a myth, read settlers". These people have the critical thinking skills of a shoelace.

      Seriously, I've heard people try and argue colonies often have higher standards of living than their colonial masters which is one hell of a deranged statement.