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Re: Burma (Myanmar) Cyclone and neo-liberal economics
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Originally Posted by Andrewl
I never said it did. I have argued that these specific policies have continuously failed, yet they are pursued out of self interest still.
It would be something else altogether if these policies had a record of success and were being pursued. That would be fine with me, for the most part. The problem is that these policies tend to push poor people even deeper into poverty, while the west continues to benefit from access to their resources, adn its sold to us as aid. This should be challenged.
Andrew
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Well, the problem in Burma is the generals that run the country are preventing any aid from arriving. Burmese people are going to starve to death because of the mental midgets that run the country. How is the US to blame for that? Personally, it angers me that innocent people are going to needlessly suffer but unless we (the UN?) are prepared to act militarily we are utterly powerless.
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