Submitted by triviafrenzy t3_10z80ds in todayilearned
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy
Another way of looking at it is that they were strip mined to death by corporations based in AUS and NZ using outsourced labor, who left them in the dust once the resources were extinguished.
Doesn’t really have anything to do with right wing ideology this is just what big nations do to smaller nations on every continent every day all the time
Native right wing population said migrants stole their jobs so they kicked them out and had massive labor shortage sounds eerily similar to the bullshit being spewed by rightie tightes in America.
The island has been mined into a desert.
The economy crash had a lot more to do with the over reliance on a single export and it’s exploitation by mining companies than the anti immigration sentiment. The labor could obviously be replaced, since 90 percent of the natives are unemployed. The problem is there’s no jobs anymore. There’s nothing to extract
The author wrote it that way deliberately for American audiences.
Nauru's economy collapsed because it relied solely on mining phosphate, and then it ran out of phosphate.
The reactionary policies were a result of the economic crisis. Arguably they exacerbated it, but the author is describing events taking place in 2015 as though they caused the crisis. Phosphate mining had ceased by 2005 and Nauru has no other exports or industries and an uneducated workforce that isn't competitive internationally.
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Right wing = bad thoughts 😡🔪😈
Left wing = good thoughts ✌️🕊️🌈
Is this actually how people think?
Based on the track record, yes. Right wing mindset may make sense on paper, but it is cancerous to humanity.
Statistical, mankind and nations improve under left wing ideas with healthy touch of right wing financial conservatism
That's not true. "Statistical" (presuming you mean statistically), there is no way to prove which political wing has improved people's lives more.
The greatest leap forward (in terms of GDP, population levels, technology and life expectancy) was the industrial revolution (even Marx congratulate the bourgeoisie on their achievements that exceeded any civilization before in such a short time in the opening of the Communist Manifesto). This did come with massive exploitation and wealth inequality but in most people's opinions the good of it outweighs the bad.
Furthermore, right wing ideas have provided stability to nations for centuries (look at Burke and his ideas of slow gradual reform or Hobbes and his idea of the role of the state).
Left wing governments did guide the Western world to social democracy which has been successfull so far but seems to be slowing down.
But left wing governments have also been responsible for Maoism, Stalinism, The Red Terror, etc. Whereas right wing governments have been responsible for Fascism, Pinochet, Nazism etc.
There is no clear winner between the two political wings. It's almost like you should look at each policy independent of origin and debate it on its merits (regardless of its left wing or right wing) rather than viewing everything through partisan lenses.
Yeh i can believe that is statistically true, but personally I think moderate right-center parties are almost equally good as most Centre-left parties, but I also believe that far-left governments are usually better than far radical-right parties are a lot worse. These are just my personal opinions though.
Based on the track record, yes. Right wing mindset may make sense on paper, but it is cancerous to humanity.
Statistical, mankind and nations improve under left wing ideas with healthy touch of right wing financial conservatism
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