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rhythmisaprancer , to news in A crumbling rail system in Ethiopia reveals failed promise of China’s Billions in African infrastructure
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What are large, wealthy countries trying to do in these instances? Win hearts and minds? Set a country up for success? Give them tools for self determination? No, it always seems to be for exploitation.

I am curious what would be legitimately helpful.

delirious_owl , to news in A crumbling rail system in Ethiopia reveals failed promise of China’s Billions in African infrastructure
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Everyone complains about their trains. Whether it’s NYC or Paris or Tokyo

randompasta ,

Everyone also complains about their roads, so what’s your point?

delirious_owl ,
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My point is this is propaganda

GammaGames ,

And you think this because other people complain about trains?

some_guy ,

Everything is propaganda.

DdCno1 ,

And freedom is slavery.

some_guy ,

Hello, I’m your child and I’m reporting you for talking in your sleep. You are an un-person now.

DdCno1 ,

Yeah, no. Your point is whataboutism in order to deflect from an obvious failure. It’s the old hypernormalization approach that dictatorships and their defenders love to use. “If everything’s bad, then the countless problems of this autocracy can’t be that bad, right?”

livus ,
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The problems with Ethiopia's rail system and financing are well-known though, you can find articles about it right accross the political spectrum.

Disagreeing with this article's conclusions about it would be valid, but there's no point trying to pretend the facts listed are not facts.

HumanPenguin ,
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Not a very valid point.

Every nation complains about its leaders. Some are still bigger shit heads then others.

Simple fact is human beings are more likely to comment on issues then note boring reliability. It still in no way effects the cross nation comparison.

The best of nations in anything has a right and even need to look for better. That is afterall how progress works.

But you need clear comparisons and data to accusse those complaints of properganda.

AndrasKrigare ,

Interesting, interesting, so by that logic it’s fundamentally impossible for a country to have inadequate rail service and all rails are of equal quality? I’ll be sure to let everyone know they can cut all funding because none of it matters.

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