Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail
by pampa on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @05:13AM
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> "they don't help us because they are racists"
That is not what i meant when posting the poem.
When someone asks "Why is every western government not warning Pakistan...", he is basically rephrasing Kipling and asking to "Take up the White Man's burden".
This has been attempted before, didn't go so well. That might give a clue, why we are in the current state of affairs.
Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail
by acdha on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @07:51AM
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I agree with your last paragraph but unfortunately I think you needed to provide that context with the original post. Many American and British conservatives use it non-ironically because they do see the condition of former colonial countries as proof that the people there aren’t fit to govern themselves.
Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail
by flanked-evergl on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @05:44AM
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> This has been attempted before, didn't go so well. That might give a clue, why we are in the current state of affairs.
Pakistan running itself off a cliff is not going well either.
Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail
by myworkinisgood on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @07:10AM
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I mean, the current state of Pakistan is due to widespread support for corrupt politicians by US and other powers in 1950s and onwards.
Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @06:39AM
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> Pakistan running itself off a cliff is not going well either
I mean, it's not going terribly either. For a nuclear-armed nation, that is.
Re:Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail
by pvaldes on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @05:49PM
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> Why is every western government not warning Pakistan..
Because is not the duty of governments to teach science to other governments.
Science is a whole humanity project (not just a western one), and we publish our work for free, so is available to everybody, everywhere. Anybody can adopt this knowledge without asking to western countries.
Trying to bring the racist card to the discussion maybe; but "they don't help us because they are racists" is a dusty and very worn out argument at this moment.