Heres_your_sign t1_jebr8sz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:20 PM

There are those who would argue the IMF is guilty of similar tactics.

SomewhatHungover t1_jedasx6 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:26 AM

I'd agree that stupid people do exist.

No_Reaction_2682 t1_jednk5x wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:57 AM

Yeah they are the ones believing the "CHINA DEBT TRAP" lie.

mcs_987654321 t1_jec16ak wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:27 PM

And that’s lazy mudslinging too, bc the IMF’s predatory shit is completely different than China’s lending model.

The IMF will bake everything into a contract up front, and force the signatories to attend in person meetings to walk through every single potentially brutal clause vs China, which starts out by building roads and hospitals for loan recipients, then strip mines a bunch of mineral deposits and dumps the effluent in critical waterways.

Throwaway08080909070 t1_jebvclw wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Quite a few with exactly that argument, verbatim, almost as though it's scripted...

Somescrub2 t1_jecelxc wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:04 AM

Thanks for your intelligent response that's definitely not Chinese propaganda, Throwaway08080909070

Throwaway08080909070 t1_jeewudl wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:49 PM

It's Chinese propaganda to call out Chinese propaganda?

That's some powerful doublethink!

Somescrub2 t1_jefkf64 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Oops. My b