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bombolo 12 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A novel the CIA spent a fortune to suppress

> Billions of people have been lifted out of poverty due to the economic system that has been maintained via US power.

Have they? Why do so many south americans emigrate then, if their continent has been rendered so rich and prosperous by the USA?

throwaway6734 12 months ago [–]

Yes they have.

You're strawmanning. Progress != Perfection and South American countries have agency as well

bombolo 12 months ago | [–]

> You're strawmanning

How is an entire continent a strawman?

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