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When an entity fails this hard and the internet I consume is suddenly flooded with articles about it, I can't help but think: ok, who fucked them over?

Who are the biggest "friends" of Sri Lanka? The US, China? Who profits from a weaker Sri Lanka. That's the real question. I know this site has people from all over, so I'd love to read more from the people who are NOT on the other side of the world.

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This is something i see a lot in conspiratorial thinking, you can't believe a government would be so incompetent, so somebody MUST be behind it and have caused this maliciously. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

There's nothing "conspiratorial" about assuming fundamental principles of human behavior, even baked into neoclassical economics (which you might also subscribe to) and any realist political theory. Not only that but real conspiracies at this level happen almost constantly[1], John Bolton just admitted being involved in some yesterday on CNN[2]. Don't be dismissive and condescending, especially when it's quite possible you're wrong.

1. https://github.com/binka/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md

2. https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/154695519704541593...

The organic movement that led to a nationwide chemical fertiliser ban is in fact part of a CIA operation to destabilise food-insecure nations.

I wouldn't know but it wouldn't be the weirdest thing they've done.

> The organic movement that led to a nationwide chemical fertiliser ban is in fact part of a CIA operation to destabilise food-insecure nations.

This is absurd... I grant you that the CIA is in the business of destabilizing nations and use the World bank and IMF to that end, but what possible proof do you have that this is the case? It's clear to see that myopic policy (even I as a former Biodynamic farmer thought this transition was absurd) coupled with nepotism and a currency crisis due to COVID which directly impeded their ability to source fertilizer on the open market as the Russian invasion took place is what created their downfall.

This all seeing boggy-G-man narrative is of CCP levels of hysteria!

> what possible proof do you have that this is the case?

None, I made it up.

There is no point in arguing against American government's actions on a forum almost completely populated by Americans.

Everyone really. Sri Lanka sold a naval base and large part of Colombo harbor to China plus the massive debts, refineries and power plants to India (who have a monopoly on gasoline) and LNG storage and power plants to the US.

Notionally Pakistan is their friend too but they are in no shape to be bailing out anyone.

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