this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Being underdeveloped in infrastructure and its original history and identity broken and exploited by the west and currently china.
I cant believe it’s doing well on economic output in comparison with those established exploiters.
Now on why the fuck is this rhetoric even relevant to a cool map guid in how our perspective of size on earth is distorted?
I'm not feeling as charitable as you. The fact that they started with "no offense" tells me they know they're saying something offensive. I think it's a way of saying "Sure they're geographically big, but they don't contribute as much to the world as western (white?) countries.
I've read some of his commebts, and it's the worse answer. He is...kind of a shitbag.