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What's up with Jeffrey Sachs? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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He used to be a super villain, and now every time I see his name it's related to something unambiguously anti-imperialist he's said. When did this happen? Am I just completely wrong on something? Either his recent statements or on his past.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not sure.

His comments about westerners not understanding that different cultures/conditions create different looking democracies makes me think he is genuine. It's hard to see someone with that sort of take on what qualifies as democracy looking at how successful China has been and not at least thinking "hey, maybe theres at least something to this marxism stuff", if not just outright accepting that it's created more economic growth and human wellbeing on less suffering than the US ever did.

I really want to believe he's genuine because he's more or less the only person being featured on US mainstream media saying this stuff.

I think it could also be an interesting look into the minds of the people who really direct US foreign policy. I think many in that circle are probably somewhat cognizant of what they are actually doing (destroying lives), because you have to have some objective form of measurement to achieve your goals. That is to say you can't be a total idiot to do these things (interference, war, propaganda) effectively. And after that it's just a matter of justifying what they think is a means to a greater good, or accepting that they're in it for themselves. I think sachs somewhat touched upon that himself when he talked about a belief in American hegemony, but I don't remember specifically the video.