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No it doesn’t. Stop trying to patronize a country’s dire situation to push your false narrative.

Pakistan is a sad tale. A country of 200 million+ with almost no future.

The elites are busy milking what’s left of the country before it flames out. The idiotic IMF continues giving them loans to support the extremely corrupt system..the US government also supports the extremely corrupt military.

This is what happens when corruption is built into the culture of your society and religious/tribal hullabaloo is more prioritized than economic and social development.

Norway is the wise drug (oil) dealer that refused to get high on its own supply...kudos I guess

Until that licensing authority gets hacked, then RIP to online security..

That was the aim always. To disadvantage the poor and middle class by disguising under “equality” and “diversity”.

Two-faced hypocrisy at its peak.

Typical excuse for African nations run by morons elected by an equally moronic populace.

Many formerly colonized countries achieved unprecedented levels of success.

But in Africa where corruption and tribal violence is hindering development, the foolish kleptocrats running the show always try to hoodwink their population by blaming long dead and gone colonialist powers.

I wonder if Ethiopians can also survive by giving up all the elements invented in the Western and Asian world…they can’t.

Ethiopians inventing a few things here and there is of no use if it’s a country where the majority lives in poverty because of corruption and violence caused by brainless tribalism.

Of course a country’s capital will always be relatively developed. But Addis Ababa contains less than 5% of Ethiopia’s population…the majority live in horrible conditions.

All those so-called contributions, yet they can’t save themselves from a $925 GDP per capita and 69% of people being classified as “multidimensionally poor” [1].

Ethiopia is a typical useless African nation marred by excessive corruption and mindless tribalism.

1 - https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/MP...

The US government already has enough money for these things. They refuse to do it because the citizenry isn’t in support..

Spoken like the average armchair accountant.

You mean rapidly experimenting and innovating to cut costs, unlike the competitors who don’t have the guts to do that and constantly rob the taxpayer blind?

What a callous article. It seems the author is angry that a bunch of people came together to fund a company that failed in the end...well, most startups fail anyway.

> Such journalism is a direct reflection of millionaire or billionaire media owners who don’t want to offend sources, advertisers, or event sponsors with bold, truth-telling journalism that has actual teeth. So what you get instead is a sort of journalism simulacrum that fails to critique wealth, corruption, or power with any real consistency, since the wealthy and powerful owners very obviously don’t want that.

If you want to start an activist site, go start one and solicit donations from your rage-baited audience (that's what Techdirt is afterall). The Messenger didn't claim and never wanted to be an investigative news outlet. It was a simple news outlet that churned out everyday news without giving opinions..I actually loved it!

The sheer arrogance of some journalists...and they wonder why their industry is on a massive decline.

Yes we can and protect kids from the real world in many ways, but I believe it should be parents and families handling that, not the state.

Social media is a net negative to adults in my opinion, not to talk of children.

The largest communication platform will inadvertently be the largest for nefarious activities.

Parents should work on keeping their kids away from social media, what’s the point of a kid having a Facebook or Instagram anyway?

Both parents can work and still be involved…this repeated excuse sounds lame

Did you expect something sensible from Vice?

A literally bankrupt company giving economic advice..

Hell no, if I start a company, I don't want any random clown to be able to purchase shares in it and start influencing my business.

Most businesspeople think the same.

How would it feel for someone who was born deaf to suddenly start hearing?

Do they start getting irritated by everyday sounds? I’m really curious ..

It's almost impossible to enforce sanctions for everyday products in a globalized world. As long as there's money to be made, there's always someone willing to skirt sanctions to make a buck. Prosecutors end up playing whack-a-mole with the evaders.

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I smell BS in this story..

As it should be…we don’t want delusional people dreaming of a utopian society that actually becomes lawless and violent when implemented.

I wish my country was so good that this is what counts as major corruption..

No, it’s worse at the top levels in Africa. Show me where American and European legally steal public funds and siphon it to their offshore accounts..

I really get tired of moral equivalence.

As someone who comes from a third-world country (Nigeria), I’ll trade some liberty for safety, a stable society, and prosperous economy at any time.

But I guess it’s different for Westerners that already have a lot of liberties and material success to begin with.

Many countries have key shipping routes and other geographical advantages, but corruption and stupid leaders/populace prevent them from succeeding.

Just when you think private companies are already sucking enough the last dime out of healthcare…

Anyways, the non-profit hospitals already engage in price gouging, the for-profit companies might as well take part.

I think so too, but we should also understand that authoritarians are not rational.

Before February 2022, I would have bet a big sum on Putin never authorizing a full-scale Ukraine invasion. There was just too much to lose and too little to gain theoretically…yet he did it anyways.

Remove Russia from that list…the Ukraine war has shown that the Russian military are chest-beating clowns tainted by massive corruption and incompetence.

I kinda suspect China is the same, but we’re yet to see, and hopefully never see any invasion of Taiwan..