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Re:4.6B Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment by Gibbon1 on Friday July 11, 2025 @12:02AM (#44528284)
Instructive to read up on the 2022 Sri Lanka protests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests

Debt crisis and sharp spikes in fuel and oil costs resulted in shortages of both. Also shortages of fertilizer. Which resulted in shortages of food.

If I was a Sri Lankan politician I wouldn't want a repeat of that.

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Re:4.6B Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment by nradov on Friday July 11, 2025 @04:21AM (#44529594)
The Sri Lankan politicians like "Mr. 10%" were largely in it for the gift. The debt crisis could have been prevented if they followed IMF recommendations in the first place.
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