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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I'm still kind of amazed we haven't come up with an Americas regional plan, where we invest in countries south of us to help their economy and rely less on China. By boosting their economic systems, we'd provide more political stability, increase living standards and vastly reduce the "last hope" migrant influx. Like, if people are going to make the journey from South America on foot with young children, you've gotta assume #### is pretty bad, and it's worth the risks. A minor improvement for them would reduce these immigration problems.
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I think this is a great idea in theory, but then you have stuff like Iran in the 50s where the Brits and Americans are staging coups to get the “friendly” governments back in power.
Not saying it can’t work, but history has shown us that politicians can’t help themselves and it turns into something more nefarious than plain ol’ investment. I guess Israel is a good example of it working? Depending on what your definition of “good” is?