YellowParenti: Michael Parenti, “The Myth of Capitalism”
Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yellow_parenti/episodes/Michael-Parenti--The-Myth-of-Capitalism-eplce7
Ok even though your query seems condescending I will assume it is in good faith. so when the IMF makes a loan they require ‘structural adjustment’ of the country borrowing money. In other words push down wages and privatize any state owned social services. This is common knowledge and there is a wealth of information available on this topic.
China is approaching the ‘belt and road’ lending program differently, focusing on a ‘win win’ for lender and borrower. That’s why they are so popular in the global south. Again tons of data including world bank analysis saying they need to change the lending model to compete.
I hope you can get access to a wider swath of data because there is so much propaganda in western media it’s almond impossible to parse.
Living under Putin’s boot? What? So now you get to live under Goldman Sachs and Blackrocks boot while all leftist parties are banned in the Ukraine and everything is sold off to foreign investors. And while we’re talking about authoritarian regimes there are a bunch of people in Gitmo that have never been tried, still in jail. Julian Assange in jail. More people in jail than any other country in history is the current US record. Please. Tell me all about authoritarian regimes lol
The eastern part of Ukraine did want to be Russian.
China doesn’t require austerity for their loans like the IMF does.
Your talking points just show the depth of your understanding is limited and that’s not surprising. The information war is in full effect, it’s heavily funded, and truth is the first victim
I get called a tankie for pointing out the US role in destabilizing Ukraine and supporting the coup there than led directly to the civil war in Donbass. Don’t support Putin at all. Totally anti wal but painted as a 'putin apologist ’ for bringing up facts. There is a historical context totally missing in western media because the US wanted this proxy war. And are working overtime to control the narrative and prevent people from understanding the history that made the war inevitable.
Oh theve definitely gone down in quality. I used to skate hard on a pair of half cabs and they would last a year. Now I walk on them and within 6 months I got holes in the rubber. Absolutely quality has gone down as part of the planned obsolescence maximize profit plan.
Need to find a company that doesn’t suck cause these vans have turned to shit