• wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    14 days 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 .

    • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      14 days ago

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

    • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      14 days 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.