Message from @soban
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I hope the answer is eco better
But I suspect the answer is protectionist trash
to my question?
the answer is that you can't under capitalism
https://youtu.be/qL1etWVFRq0
Remember the time you're talking about profiling this is a perfect example of profiling that leads to something else
I suppose that depends on what you mean by capitalism. To be clear here, what specifically are you concerned about?
@BrokenHeartedLiberal why do people protest Trump like somehow he is the problem, both candidates were shit and both "parties" are shit
the usa is literally just a one party system with 2 factions
atleast lenin didn't want factions in his one party system
Because executing all of your opposition is an excellent move
i think you skipped the part where they had trials
I can't watch that til I'm back on wifi
@Diablo Amen brother
Also you didn't answer my prior question
also if stalin executed his oppositions why would he try to leave office 4 times
What specific scenario are you concerned about?
first off most of the executions were people using actual threats to the government, there was an allied opposition of trots and anarchists against the government. besides after the american revolution, some loyalists were either executed or deported to australia
Before we get into what sounds like an amusing level of apologia for a brutal regime, I would like you to outline this scenario that capitalism cannot under any circumstances fix. There are many scenarios one could apply the term "economic imperialism" to, and so it's rather imperative that you form a non vague question if you desire a non vague answer
hey this might be a long shot, and apologies if this is gauche, but: anyone here hiring junior software engineers either full time remote or in the austin TX area? my gf has been looking for work for a few months now with not much luck
you don't know how economic imperialism works?
The world banks give a developing country loans which turn into debt. Then they force them to have free markets which decreases public services but allows private companies to get more profit. If the country rebels against it, they send in the troops. Like the Invasion of Iraq fro example: the USA claimed they had destructive weapons but that was a lie and the war helped companies get oil for profit.
Hey do you remember earlier how we're talking about police and how they profile people
i wasn't here for that
This raises more questions though. For one- why are *all* nations, not simply developing ones, currently running on a basis of debt? Is it only this specific debt that is an issue? Why would it only be developing nations? Would say, Greece be a good target? If the goal is to keep costs down, why would they allow India to develop?
YouTube video that I posted it's an example of profiling leading to wrong license plates leads to shooting
Like India is doing gangbusters right now on the tech end
@Beemann the 1st world has more technology and more public services so they can't be exploited, the 3rd world however are an easy target for big businesses backed up by state. The 1st world would benefit and the 3rd world would suffer. Even if they don't want them to suffer, that's how the capitalist system works.
How are they suffering if it's bolstering their development, as it is with India?
i never said that developed nations cant be exploited, i just said most aren't and the 3rd world is an easier target
like Ukraine for example, it had a choice of being exploited by the EU or Russia and the chose the EU because they had no other options
How is the EU exploiting Ukraine?
through their neoliberal free markets
Especially compared to to, you know, the USSR, which starved millions of them to death
no they didn't
Okay but that's a vague answer
ever since the USSR fell Ukraine hasn't recovered from its economy
You're denying the Holodomor?
no
the holodomor was a natural famine but the kulaks worsened it by burning all the crops