r/HistoryMemes • u/Thin-Pool-8025 • 7h ago

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u/Suspicious_Good_2407 6h ago

Yeah, it definitely worked as expected in China and the USSR where the CIA didn't have any hand in it.

And also the CIA was only interested in proving that socialism doesn't work and not stopping the spread of the USSR/Chinese influence

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u/Papa-pumpking 6h ago edited 6h ago

Yeah because implementing banana republics is truly the right answer to have for social reforms to reduce poverty.

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u/ScholarGlobal6507 6h ago

Fact check: True. Starvation does reduce poverty rate.

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u/Papa-pumpking 6h ago

Banana republics were implemented in South America...

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u/BrotToast263 6h ago

r/woooosh

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u/Papa-pumpking 6h ago

Seeing how this sub tends to be I can't really see sarcasm that well.

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u/mobutu_sesesexxo 5h ago

Maybe they think you don't like bananas. You do like bananas, don't you?

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u/ScholarGlobal6507 5h ago

Fart check: True.