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Re:Burma's capital: a super-sized slice of post-apocalypse s... by erikpukinskis on Friday March 20, 2015 @12:20PM (#9238590)
The is the World Bank's classic scam. Bribe a corrupt government to take massive loans for infrastructure it doesn't need. It goes hand in hand with the United States' New Colonialism policy, because we can then demand drilling rights and military alliance when they default on the loans.

It's just a way for us to siphon off a chunk of developing nations' GDP. That's the World Bank's charter in a nutshell.

The book Confessions of an Econonomic Hitman lays this all out. The only difference here is it appears the Japanese got the ball rolling.

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Re:Burma's capital: a super-sized slice of post-apocalypse s... by mullen on Friday March 20, 2015 @01:56PM (#9239355)
John Perkins is a conspiracy theorist and sort of a nut job. The building of Naypyidaw was done by Burma under the orders of its leadership. The World Bank did not have to twist anyone arms to get this White Elephant built.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perkins_(author)

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