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Re:Chile to Nationalize Lithium Industry by MSFT_Edging on Monday May 08, 2023 @10:28AM (#35861871)
Its always a dictatorship when a global south country refuses to play extraction-ball that will need to be "liberated".
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Re:Chile to Nationalize Lithium Industry by kspacewalk2 on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:41PM (#35865420)
I'm rooting for them to remain democratic, just saying the resource curse[0] is not a concept made up by evil dastardly westerners to keep "global south" countries down. It seems to be the default path, sadly.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse

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