It’s not necessarily fault of western companies that some other countries have terrible governments that make bad decisions.
That is true, but it doesn’t help that the west is putting its fingers in everybody’s pies and reinforcing the bad behaviors that exist. It’s beneficial to influence such countries in order to keep them easily swayed.
it’s not necessarily my fault
Just because you don’t feel it’s true, doesn’t mean it isn’t. Maybe you buy products made from materials mined by children. Maybe you wear clothes sewn by women working on a minimum wage. Maybe you consume food picked by underpaid and often underage people who struggle to survive (chocolate is notorious for that). It wouldn’t surprise me if you voted for a party that gave less than a shit about these people abroad. Maybe you even voted for party that voted against punishing companies who use such labor and materials in order to force them to find fair trade sources.
There is a cause and effect, a reaction for every action, no matter how small. And just like a deluge of raindrops can lead to breached dike, a deluge of individual actions (or inactions) can lead to the things we see today. Everyone plays their part and no one is innocent.
Have you seen what Western countries do when a government refuses to do their bidding? They just pay the opponent to supplant them.
Look up Patrice Lumumba. Look up Rwanda and Congo. Look at Venezuela.
What do you think the US has done to hold influence in countries? There’s an incredibly huge list.
Western companies like Steinmetz influenced government officials in a multitude of countries for decades. Only in 2023 were they sentenced.
So, why do children have to work? Because western companies roam rampant in their countries, western countries (the worst of which is the USA in recent history) do so too and they do not punish their national companies either. Look at the stink the US is throwing when the EU - an ally and fellow western country - takes action against their multinationals. Read up on the US response to the Digital Services and Digital Markets Act. Read up on how the USA influenced the Netherlands to stop their golden goose from selling chip making machines to China. If the US could do that to the EU, what do you think European countries can do to developing countries that aren’t part of a union, have little to no power, and no courts to turn to with any power.
And of course the banking system is setup in a manner that makes it difficult to climb out of poverty. Developing countries are given loans for things the bank knows they can never achieve nor pay back, so the countries are constantly in dept, making it harder for them to invest.
It’s good that you’re asking questions. I’d advise you to search for the answers yourself too to understand how the world works.
I indeed read what you wrote. Your argument is that western countries abuse the other ones. However, how it is then possible that some countries are not abused (for example, where I live governments would not allow chile labor) at all and managed to grow and succeed despite having problems in the past?
That is true, but it doesn’t help that the west is putting its fingers in everybody’s pies and reinforcing the bad behaviors that exist. It’s beneficial to influence such countries in order to keep them easily swayed.
Just because you don’t feel it’s true, doesn’t mean it isn’t. Maybe you buy products made from materials mined by children. Maybe you wear clothes sewn by women working on a minimum wage. Maybe you consume food picked by underpaid and often underage people who struggle to survive (chocolate is notorious for that). It wouldn’t surprise me if you voted for a party that gave less than a shit about these people abroad. Maybe you even voted for party that voted against punishing companies who use such labor and materials in order to force them to find fair trade sources.
There is a cause and effect, a reaction for every action, no matter how small. And just like a deluge of raindrops can lead to breached dike, a deluge of individual actions (or inactions) can lead to the things we see today. Everyone plays their part and no one is innocent.
So you are talking about how children have to work. My question is: why do they have to work? Why their governments aren’t doing anything about it?
It’s not western countries forcing them to work.
Have you seen what Western countries do when a government refuses to do their bidding? They just pay the opponent to supplant them.
Look up Patrice Lumumba. Look up Rwanda and Congo. Look at Venezuela.
What do you think the US has done to hold influence in countries? There’s an incredibly huge list.
Western companies like Steinmetz influenced government officials in a multitude of countries for decades. Only in 2023 were they sentenced.
So, why do children have to work? Because western companies roam rampant in their countries, western countries (the worst of which is the USA in recent history) do so too and they do not punish their national companies either. Look at the stink the US is throwing when the EU - an ally and fellow western country - takes action against their multinationals. Read up on the US response to the Digital Services and Digital Markets Act. Read up on how the USA influenced the Netherlands to stop their golden goose from selling chip making machines to China. If the US could do that to the EU, what do you think European countries can do to developing countries that aren’t part of a union, have little to no power, and no courts to turn to with any power.
And of course the banking system is setup in a manner that makes it difficult to climb out of poverty. Developing countries are given loans for things the bank knows they can never achieve nor pay back, so the countries are constantly in dept, making it harder for them to invest.
It’s good that you’re asking questions. I’d advise you to search for the answers yourself too to understand how the world works.
Yeah, so it’s mostly fault of those countries having very poor leadership that is not capable of protecting their citizens.
There are several countries that were rather undeveloped but managed to overcome this, for example South Korea, Taiwan or UAE.
“Do as we say or we will kill you”
If you want to continue blaming the victims, well, I cannot help you.
I do not know how their governments are victims. They are either incapable or enjoy abusing their citizens.
However, that’s again not fault of the west that people in the middle east/africa/north korea have abusive or incompetent governments.
I feel like you did not read a word I wrote…
Let’s just end this here. You’re either unwilling or incapable of comprehending.
I indeed read what you wrote. Your argument is that western countries abuse the other ones. However, how it is then possible that some countries are not abused (for example, where I live governments would not allow chile labor) at all and managed to grow and succeed despite having problems in the past?
Which country are we talking about? If you aren’t willing to reveal it, then why not look it up yourself?