You need to realize that a lot of this is pushed on developing nations through the IMF and other organizations that force countries to sign extremely poor deals out of desperation.
How exactly do you expect a country to stop stronger countries when they have a weak government, military, social services, and treasury?
You can read a cursory of these issues here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund#Cr...
FWIW China is doing the same thing as the IMF through its belt and road initiative, that doesn't make it right either.
Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap
by sacrosancty on Sunday May 01, 2022 @08:43PM
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OK, didn't know it was the IMF's fault.
Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap
by jrochkind1 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @05:30PM
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I know you already declared it "fruitless" but it's worth looking into the decades that the USA and other countries spent using all the political, economic, and military force they could to prevent these countries from protecting themselves from foreign predatory selling, it's probably part of the picture.
"Fruitless" is a funny word when you read about the USA+Dole Corporation wars on South America.
Tribal and religious wars are nothing compared to the wars waged for corporate and imperial interests.
Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap
by dragonwriter on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:12PM
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> "Fruitless" is a funny word when you read about the USA+Dole Corporation wars on South America.
North America, mostly; specifically, Central America, which is part of North, not South, America.
Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap
by x86_64Ubuntu on Sunday April 24, 2022 @07:16PM
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You do realize that a common feature of these poor countries is non-stop meddling in their local affairs, especially by the West. If there is a politician or political group that would affect the flow of resources out of said country, then they end up having a regime change or their opposition receives a wealth of arms and/or money.
> It's because those countries don't protect themselves from foreign predatory selling.
Can't do that. You'd have the IMF and World Bank on your backs if you tried to place restrictions on trade. This is a one-way street.
I know this sounds cold, but blaming what foreigners do on them is kind of fruitless. There are so many of them waiting to exploit anyone. It's like blaming foreign hackers for hacking your computers or even blaming the weather for blowing down your fence. Yes, it's technically their fault, but you're never going to eliminate those outside forces so you'd better improve your own security.
Not sure why you singled out the ethnicity of the people in those foreign countries since China does it too now.