How populists react when you try to save third world countries from subsistence farming and extreme poverty

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Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I think I finally get the joke. The humor comes from the ambiguity between whether it's ironic or braindead.

orangebussycat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

We're not joking. Only capitalism can drive out extreme poverty. It is the most efficient economic system in all of history, warts and all.

Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

That sounds a lot like overcommiting to a bad bit, which I actually admire. Go with God, shit with Satan.

neighborposting@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

this is orthodox marxism, chud.