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If your first instinct as a westerner is to criticize and lecture 3rd world communist movements, instead of learning from their successes, then you have internalized the patronizing arrogance of the colonial system you claim to oppose.

  • vfreire85@lemmy.ml
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    28 days ago

    Most of them are 3rd world countries because of these movements…

    with perhaps the exception of south korea and with some good will taiwan, not a single capitalist country reached the so called “developed” status coming from underdeveloped. all of those who did received a downpour of american taxpayer money.

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      28 days ago

      What you call taxpayer money is called investment. South Korea and Taïwan are good example, but the most obvious are all the old soviet satellites countries of eastern Europe (except bielorussia for obvious reasons).

      Take romania for example, from shithole to okay country.