Argentina just made a deal with the US-controlled IMF for a loan to... pay back another loan to the IMF.
The IMF is the master of imperial debt traps.
When Argentina was ruled by right-wing oligarch President Macri, the Trump admin ordered the IMF to give him the biggest loan in history ($57 billion). Trump was trying to influence Argentina's 2019 election to help the right.
Despite the US meddling, Macri lost, and the center-left won. But the new government was stuck with unpayable IMF debt, which has devastated Argentina's economy and fueled hyper-inflation.
“They shouldn’t have taken on student loans!”
Do people realize that this sentence effectively means they believe people from working class backgrounds shouldn’t have attended college?
It’s classism.
If the CEO of McDonalds stopped working, the company would still make money.
If the cooks stop working, McDonalds wouldn’t make a dime.
Don’t tell me those cooks don’t deserve a living wage.
Thinking about how barbie was able to be assertive in her boundaries with ken every time he tried to make a move on her because shes never lived in a world where women fear the consequences of saying no
During the antebellum era, politicians and Christian preachers in the South justified slavery because "the white man civilized the Black man and gave him skills."
In 2023 America they're pushing the exact same propaganda. Don't be fooled. This is the racist's playbook.
I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …
Remember when @Jason_Aldean came to small town charleston, wv, ordered 65 burritos from a local joint ten minutes before close and didn't tip anyone? Then his team reached out after the story went viral and the employees got let go?
Try that in a small town.