@JuicyJuuce@grimmmnm@Blazecap1203 Example: Headquartered in Washington DC, the IMF actually has an office of economic surveillance and policy oversight INSIDE The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, or Central Bank of the Philippines.
It's probably nothing, though.
@grimmmnm@Blazecap1203 Aside from the 9 military bases the US now occupies here, we should also note the US Embassy/Consulate, the UN, IMF & World Bank buildings, & so on β and that, just in & around Manila.
Nevermending the Western cultural capture of the press, education, entertainment, etc., etc.
@john223441@loves5o Socialism: "From each according to his ability, to each according to contribution," or, "From each according to his ability, to each according to work(s)."
vs.
Communism: "From each according to his ability, to each according to need."
Significant difference.
@Gollywog16@AthopeMarie Governments come & go, but oil cos. w/ their corporate lawyers? Here to stay. Write some contracts. We own your country now.π
Good God! If we kicked out, say, Elon Musk, we might even have a more legit bourgeois democracy, but we'd suffer. BYDs are cheaper & superior.
Horror.
@Gollywog16@AthopeMarie They "stole" their own sovereign land and its resources. Should've known better. "It's not VEN land. It's Citgo's, er, now, Exxon's!" Nevermind the bitsy indigenous people pulling it out of the earth.
Anywho, taxation is a capitalist solution to problems created by capitalism.
@Gollywog16@AthopeMarie It's crazy they're "broke," no? It's almost like they've been blockaded, embargoed, and sanctioned to death, or their heads of state have even been kidnapped without probable cause, but I digress. These countries still pay minimal taxes, comparatively.