“We sent them guns to the protesters, a lot of them," Trump said in a telephone interview [with Fox News]. “We sent them through the Kurds. They kept them, so we sent more to the protesters, a lot of them."
“We sent them guns to the protesters, a lot of them," Trump said in a telephone interview [with Fox News]. “We sent them through the Kurds. They kept them, so we sent more to the protesters, a lot of them."
People didn’t protest because they were in a religious dictatorship. People protested because the regime had totally fucked up the economy.
E.g.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSBOAG7OiA
That’s what dictatorships eventually do most of the time, yes.
completely ignoring the illegal sanctions
Which law was being broken?
Singapore and China being notable exceptions. And few fuck up as badly as Iran.
China’s had pretty bad periods too. Ironically, capitalism is what lifted them out of poverty, they just did it slightly smarter than most. Their size also means they can just ignore things like IP without getting sued, which was great for them when they were still playing catch up when it comes to technology.
Basically it’s the planned economy that makes things very hard to get right. China realized that, which is why they regulate the economy less than the soviet union for an example.
Not too up to date on Singapore so I can’t really comment on that. But I think they also keep a fairly liberal economy?
Mao set up the base for china’s massive growth, some reading will help.
Market sucks.
Mate, Mao ran a genocide on his people. China’s growth has been from efficiently using its cheap labour and the government protecting its corporations from the outside world (you pretty much can’t sue a Chinese company and win as a foreigner) and the ability to throw its weight around in general.
Corporations are still kings in China, it’s just that they have to stay loyal to the party.
Mao didnt ran any genocide, some of his actions were stupid but he didnt do it intentionally. Mao is easily top 5 humans of 20th century
Well I mean there’s millions that were killed deliberately and then tens of millions via stupid policies. “Oops I didn’t know people would starve” doesn’t really absolve you of mass murder.
Not like he was the sole decision making figure but ok, “killed deliberately” ones mostly deserved it
Before Deng, China was pretty bad, absolutely. I am no fan of dictatorships, but economically China since then has been pretty dang smart. They have bet long term on all the right techs. Look at e.g. batteries, electric cars, and solar cells right now.
With the very notable exception of their coming population crash and aging crisis. But many democratic countries face that too.
because of the sanctions
Obviously the sanctions don’t help. But Iran is also super corrupt.
its 90% sanctions, every country is corrupt
That is what the elite in corrupt countries want you to believe. “Everything is corrupt, so no need to rise up against your oppressors.”
when are americans rising up against their leaders who carry out constant genocide and wars btw?