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by pastacacioepepe 844 days ago
You know what I mean. The USA, which the poster is defending. It doesn't really matter what his nationality is.
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The poster was only saying there was no real way for the U.S. to do anything without being condemned in this situation. Ironically, you jumped on them for even saying that. So, it's damned if you do, damned if you don't, and damned if you observe that you're in a no-win situation. No wonder people get defensive.
The Dominican Republic is on the same damn island, also had a colonial history, had the same GDP per capita as Haiti until 1970, but now has 10x the GDP per capita as Haiti.
The USA are still meddling in Haiti[0], so don't discount their role into Haiti's current situation.

> The Dominican Republic is on the same damn island, also had a colonial history

Not just any colonial history: the USA invaded the Dominican Republic as well. Crazy how they can't refrain themselves from doing it over and over.

Now, comparing Haiti and Dominican Republic solely on the basis that both are on the same island and had a colonial history is too much of a simplification to mean anything, and to be fair verges on racist conclusions. Almost like you're implying that Haitians are inherently worse than Dominicans.

- 0: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/05/1042518732/-th...

The Dominicans had it even worse, as they also had to fight for their independence from... Haiti.

But yeah, sure, let’s blame everything on the former colonial powers.

You blamed a person for something they did not do. I'm really not sure what you meant here. It seems to me like you are purposely trying to poison the conversation.