The afterlife of used hotel soap

Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by easytiger on Sunday April 24, 2022 @03:18PM (#31147279)

> So the logic is flawed. You want to promote investment in a place with nothing to invest by not investing in that place.

Why do you think they don't have anything to invest?

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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by zelon88 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @06:01PM (#31148738)

Because the concept of capital was already created elsewhere in the world and now they have to obtain something that they never had to begin with.

How do you compete with something you didn't know existed until it showed up on your beaches and started stealing people?

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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by easytiger on Thursday April 28, 2022 @10:20AM (#31192779)

I'm not sure it is possible to have a more flawed understanding of capitalism or Africa than this. Have you ever even been to an African country?

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