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[-] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago

Looking at US Government

So you can't house your people, feed your people, provide healthcare to your people, or apparently even protect your people.

What would you say you do around here?

[-] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

"I take the specs of an invention that somebody made and I pass it off as a white dude thing."

"So you physically take the specs to US manufacturers and have US laborers put it into practice."

"Well, uh, my secretary faxes it to a contracting company in a country I couped and they manufacture it for a fraction of the cost."

"So, why couldn't you just have these countries manufacture their own goods in an empowered way, with self determination?"

"Well, uh, I'll tell you why. Foreign people are not good at managing themselves. I'm good at managing people."

"And this management, you do it directly?"

"I mean, my compromised stooges do."

"clears throat So, what is it you'd say, you do here?"

"I told you, I'm good at managing people. I deal with the management so the foreign people don't have to. Can't you see I'm good at dealing with people?!? Do you want me to bomb you people?!?"

(Your phrasing reminded me of Office Space, not sure if that was intentional, but I ran with it. Jokes aside tho, fuck the US empire.)

[-] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

XD XD XD

(And it was absolutely intentional comrade <3 )

[-] SadArtemis@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Everything you described, in the west and especially the US, are "features" of the system. They're really good at making a profit for corrupt individuals through causing suffering and destruction, I guess?

[-] ksdhf@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

I would imagine most human trafficking goes unreported.

[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This feels similar to why mental illness apparently presents at much lower rates in periphery countries. It just isn’t being reported or detected. This also doesn’t even take into account corruption.

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