• archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    Oh, if they proposed something like the Marshall Plan I’d be fucking pleased.

    This is just convincing US companies to take advantage of the cheap labor, as if they really needed that much convincing.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      3 months ago

      Labor is cheaper overseas. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Bangladesh have people working in what amount to little more than slave camps. Latin American governments struggle harder to keep their populations in line, as evidenced by socialist uprisings in Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela.

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
        31·
        3 months ago

        I think we’re in agreement. “Kamala leads a 4.5 gagillion dollars in private investment in central america” might as well read “American companies exploit central-American destabilization by securing their cheap labor”

        It’s not a policy we should be celebrating as a success.

        as evidenced by socialist uprisings in Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela

        What a crazy coincidence that the policy in question specifically excluded Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela lol