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by jolotriage 7y ago
HN Commenters: "Africans have nothing to worry about with vaccines..." White SAIMR ex-agent: beware of the "'white philanthropists' coming in and opening free X to help treat Y..." Seems a mixture of ignorance,
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by jolotriage 7y ago
Mao dealt with most of the large drug distributing organizations pretty effectively. This rehab process played a key role in the future expansion.
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by jolotriage 7y ago
African natural resources on the other hand glide across western international borders effortlessly.
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by jolotriage 7y ago
In the US, a police officer would be justified in killing this protestor for the same action or less. Freedom to physically attack police is something we don't have. I don't think the second amendment enters into the equation.
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by jolotriage 7y ago
Yes the data linked is limited in scope.
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by jolotriage 7y ago
Nope, India/China's GDP dropped upon invasion and decimation of trade routes by the Western countries with the GDP gain. People underestimate how key the US was to the opium trade in China. The US was a bigger trader than the UK&#
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by jolotriage 7y ago
He's right about India being the richest, it's estimated that all together the British stole $45 trillion in wealth from India. I imagine the amount stolen from China is of similar magnitude. https://cup.columbia.edu&#x
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by jolotriage 7y ago
We took a tour of Loolecondera Tea Estate aka James Taylor Tea Museum a few years back. I left with the idea that high quality tea manufacturers consider dust almost waste material.