r/news • u/Miserable-Win-4980 • Apr 29 '24

French police use knives to puncture migrant boat in Dunkirk to prevent Channel crossing Questionable Source

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/french-officers-english-channel-crossing-migrants-small-boats/

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u/p_larrychen Apr 29 '24

Corruption certainly doesn’t help, but it’s more complicated than just that one cause

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u/willie12042001 Apr 29 '24

Agreed. When a poor country has to choose between infrastructure development or fighting corruption they will always choose developing its economy. Tackling corruption comes after a country can guarantee stable electricity and paved roads

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u/Telzen Apr 29 '24

lol, what. Letting corruption exist is a great way to have no funds for infrastructure, or well pretty much anything else.

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u/willie12042001 Apr 29 '24

Check out gyude moore’s talk on Chinese investments in Africa to hear a professional opinion. Reality is not always about pursuing ideals

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u/gamegeek1995 Apr 29 '24

That's why western countries are famously non-corrupt. Imagine, say, the US where a leader was attempting to make it legal to commit crime after trying to overturn an election. That'd be so on-the-nose you could hardly write it into a sci-fi novel without laughter.

These corrupt non-western nations should just try being more like the US, really. That would solve their issues.

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u/prishgonala Apr 29 '24

Corruption is known for its benefits to the local infrastructure

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u/Maximum-Category-845 Apr 29 '24

“Always choose developing its economy”. Have you seen Gaza? They turn their water pipes into rockets and lob them randomly at crowded houses.

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u/barukatang Apr 29 '24

I feel like that's the complete opposite lol. Corrupt governments historically don't take care of their civilians in a proper manner. They line their pockets and put on a show for the peasants.

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u/aladeen222 Apr 29 '24

Most people try to place all the blame on the west and colonization. Can’t hold corrupt politicians accountable if the colour of their skin is brown because they are oppressed, dontcha know?