Nereus77
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I wonder if the OP will ever return to this thread...
If you're wondering whether he'll ever admit he's wrong, that probably a "No" based on other threads.
I wonder if the OP will ever return to this thread...
Western media trying to push the narrative yet again....saying that the blockades are making the COVID-19 outbreak there worse, since the road blocks are "stopping medical supplies"
day 9 of nationwide protests in Bolivia, nationwide roadblocks still in place, nationwide strike
are they chained to both doors, keeping them closed, or just one?
Laura Loomer wannabe's?
Really dropped the ball on that one.they could have had president camacho!?!?!
Really dropped the ball on that one.
Not so sure, a dude wearing a mining helmet would be pretty epic
He even debates with that hat on.
they could have had president camacho!?!?!
So the takeaway from this thread is AOC was right in 2019 and the OP is a coward who can't admit she was right and he was wrong?
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But the main push is in the Global South, where, over the past twenty years, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have effectively taken control of the economies of scores of nations that are heavily in debt. The Bank and the I.M.F. have been requiring these countries to accept “structural adjustment,” which includes opening markets to foreign firms and privatizing state enterprises, including utilities. The Bank once had a quite different approach to public works: it was an enthusiastic financier of monumental projects, and would typically lend the money to build large dams. Many of the dams were spectacular failures, delivering few, if any, benefits (except to politicians and construction firms) while displacing millions of people and leaving behind environmental destruction and public debts. The Bank is now getting out of the dam business and into water privatization. It often works closely with the conglomerates, helping them to acquire the water assets of debtor nations.
The idea behind privatization is to bring market discipline and efficiency to bear on a crucial and frequently corrupt sector. Supporters argue that only private capital—which means, in practice, multinational corporations—can afford to expand water and sanitation networks sufficiently to reach the underserved poor. Since corporations are in business to make money, they often increase water rates. But, in theory, higher water rates can also help to promote conservation. Indeed, privatization advocates say, any valuable commodity—and this includes health care and education—that is provided free eventually gets taken for granted and wasted. According to this argument, turning water into a tradable commodity may even be the only practical way to avoid worldwide shortages and environmental disasters. Public subsidies for essential services such as water may sound like humane policy, but in the real world subsidies benefit the powerful, because they have the resources to manipulate them.