Therein lies the crux of the situation. On one hand she is absolutely right. As in Africa, Global South countries are reacting to economic outreach from China and Russia because a) they need it and America (private nor public) isn't in the game and b) help from China and Russia doesn't appear to come with as many strings as U.S. assistance might demand.

it would be funny if they help global South countries build up productive forces, but that goes against everything U.S. is about. America doesn't even have a domestic Marshall plan.

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The US doesn't have the capability to do shit like that anymore. Rate of profit is way too anemic.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

i disagree, U.S. is plenty capable, third most populous country, vast resources, its political system needs a purge lenin-crush-capitalism . i would love to see actual competition between China, Russia and the U.S. it would be the best for the Global South but instead we have the U.S. and the west strangling the Global south through its institutions like the IMF.

USSR helped Global South countries tremendously, something which worried the US and forced it to provide economic aid to its own puppets.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i disagree, U.S. is plenty capable, third most populous country, vast resources, its political system needs a purge

The US is its political system, the population and resources are just incidentally here also.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago

The federal government showed that it will replace a population if it has too.

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