@geoffreylangIan@asociallurker A foid is correct.
'Foid' starts with the F sound as one of a consonant (like in fox) instead of spelled individually (like in FBI).
@DankasaurasRaxZ The work made on it was incredibly sloppy considering it was rushed out to defend Moscow, 12.7mm should've had better armor penetration than 13.2mm, but turns out literally re-boring T-Gewehr barrels meant the ballistics were fucked.
Also 14.5mm was just better for AT
@xX6AESTHETIC9Xx@SrcstgsmThought If you consider the French invasion of Spain and Portugal that helped kickstart the LatAm independence movements as "pulling out of the region"? Yeah.
@xX6AESTHETIC9Xx@SrcstgsmThought into better locations or establish competent long term leadership.
I am not denying US influence as false, but the core has been how LatAm societies have developed to reach the pitiful state it exists today is much longer than merely "foreign exploitation".
Tl:dr, its the people.
@xX6AESTHETIC9Xx@SrcstgsmThought Dictatorship or autocratic make-pretend democracy, if the US interventions in the late 19th to 20th century had an influence it was partial. There's also the point as well that the local elites failed hard in using their autocratic powers to develop their societies-