Prior to the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s, where the CIA installed a military dictatorship that the lives of millions, the country’s communist party technically did warn about the peril. The problem was that this warning had been made in a reactive way, and therefore wasn’t nearly enough to prepare the people to fight back.

Not always 100% with Shea but worth reading

  • cipher_unknown_lyrical_satirical [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Both OP and comments must all READ WALLERSTEIN (specifically city-countryside exploitation)!!! And Samir Amin for his commentary on post-apartheid South Africa (Maldevelopment). If I have time I will track all these people down and show them the damn book screenshots.